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“What exactly is going on?” Quinn asked me.
“I offered Nick a job posing as my boyfriend.” I was taking a risk by revealing so much, but it was a calculated one. Quinn was the gatekeeper here, I needed to earn his trust. “That’s the contract. It details what I expect, and what he can expect.”
“And the NDA?”
“To protect everyone involved.”
“And you want me to sign one before I read the contract?”
I nodded.
He peered down at Nick. “What do you want to do?”
“I think I want to sign it.”
“Then I’ll sign too. But”—he pinned me with a hard look—“signing the NDA and reading the contract is not an acceptance. He’s allowed to say no if there’s anything in there he doesn’t agree with.”
“Of course.”
“You sure about this?” he asked Nick.
“Yes.”
“Okay. Let’s do this. Where do we sign?”
5
NICK
“You got a delivery.”
“Eek!” I jumped and nearly tripped at Aiden’s voice. “Dude!” I whirled toward the living room where he sat on the couch, a big grin on his face. “You’re never going to get tired of jump-scaring me, are you?”
“Never.” He waved to a large black box, and a smaller shoebox-sized one, on the kitchen table. “Those came for you.”
“I thought you were working tonight?”
“Me too, but Gretchen asked to switch shifts.” He kicked his feet up on the coffee table. “I’m working tomorrow instead.”
“Oh. Okay.” I crept toward the boxes.
“What did you buy this time?” he asked.
“More crap I can’t afford,” I said evasively. I hadn’t ordered anything, butwasexpecting something from Evan.
“Want to hang out for a bit?” he asked. “Paige is coming over later, but I’m bored. Entertain me.”
“That’s my line,” I said distractedly. “I’m the attention whore in this relationship. You’re supposed to keepmeentertained.”
“I could always have a go at using that thing.” He jutted his chin at the pole we’d installed in the corner of the cramped living room.
“Last time you did that you almost broke your face and put an Aiden-sized hole in our wall.”
“But you were entertained, were you not?”
“That I was.” I carefully stacked the boxes in my arms.
“You’re being weirder than usual.” Aiden tossed a glance my way and pulled his phone out of his pocket. “I’m ordering Thai food. Want anything?”
