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Caleb walked back into the room. “Hey, man,” he greeted, nodding at him. Shifting his gaze to me, he held up his cell phone. “They found your luggage, Evie.”
“Her luggage?” Jax questioned.
“Yeah, she dropped it off with Delta before she missed her flight. It’s why she’s in my shirt.”
It was that moment, this precise second, that I realized how much my brother truly trusted Caleb. He didn’t question his lie at all. He simply nodded it off, not thinking twice about it.
I rolled my eyes, pissed I finally thought I had him trapped to be honest with Jax. When in reality, it was just another lie that escaped his lips so easily.
“I’m going to go put my dress on and leave.”
“Leave? I just got here. Where are you going?”
“They’re bringing your suitcase to you, Evie. I told them to park near the piercing shop.”
“Oh.” I beamed, assuming I won this battle. “You’ll meet Jacob then?”
I swear Caleb’s poker face was on point.
He didn’t break a sweat in replying, “Yes, we’ll have to thank him for finding your luggage.”
It was all I needed to hear to stay put in this hotel suite for the rest of the weekend. After room service brought up a spread for breakfast, Jax and Caleb talked business for the rest of the morning.
“Once you win the Super Bowl, I’ll re-negotiate your contract for next season.”
“What are you thinking?”
“Depends on how long you want to play for Miami.”
“I’ll stay as long as it feels right.”
“Twenty million for three years feel alright to you?”
“You think they’ll go for that?”
“If they don’t, I’ll find a team that will.”
Unable to resist, I chimed in, “Caleb, are you always this arrogant?”
“Evie,” Jax chastised in a stern tone I ignored.
Caleb didn’t miss a beat, leaning back in his seat.
He simply stated, “I always get what I want.”
And for some reason…
I thought he was talking about me.
—Caleb—
The day flew by, and before I knew it, Evie was dragging me into a piercing shop at one in the morning.
“Come on, old man! A deal is a deal!”
I groaned, feeling the pain I was about to endure. On our way back to the hotel from the Super Bowl party, she saw the shop on the corner of the street, demanding we pull over immediately.
She spent most of the night by Jax’s side, being the only family who attended his game tonight. We barely said more than a couple words to one another the entire day. It was chaotic, exactly as I expected it to be. Being yanked in every direction for Jax kept her at arm’s length from me for most of the day.
