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We’re happy to wait for our orders and peruse the small gift shop while we do. I’m admiring some locally handmade mugs when I hear Erin approach Millie and ask in a low voice, “Are you hiring, by any chance?”
Millie nods and tells Erin to apply online.
Amazingly, no one else heard the exchange. Erin glances my way and winks. I have to admit, I’m happy for her. I hope it all works out just the way she wants it to.
“I think Vaughn and I are going to order dinner in tonight,” Olivia says as we begin to make our way back to the condos. “I don’t mean to be antisocial, but I kind of want to relax. It’s been a busy few days.”
“You know, Gray and I were thinking the same thing,” Stella says. “A quiet night in with some snowy sexy time sounds pretty great.”
I grin, silently agreeing. I love Drew’s cousins. They’re smart and funny and so welcoming. I haven’t felt like a practical stranger even once the entire time we’ve been here.
But I can’t help but agree with them. A quiet night in does sound really good.
“London, my mom mentioned that she’s going to have a photo session with you,” Olivia says as she sips her coffee.
“Yes, and I’msoexcited. She had all kinds of fun ideas when we were on the phone, and I can’t wait to see what she has for me when I get there. I don’t always love having my photo taken, but I think it’ll be a fun gift for Drew.”
“He’ll lose his shit. Speaking of men, there are a few of our guys now,” Sidney says, pointing down the block. Keaton, Drew, Liam, and Ike are talking with some people on the sidewalk. They’re smiling and nodding, and Ike is signing something for a woman who’s jumping up and down.
“Uh-oh, Soph,” Erin says, “better go stake your claim. She’s a little overzealous.”
But I’m not watching Ike with the excited fan. I’m watching the way Drew is smiling at her friend, listening intently, and then laughing at her joke. She tucks her hair behind her ear flirtatiously, and Drew looks her up and down, getting an eyeful.
Blondie giggles at something he says and leans against him, pressing those tits of hers against him, andhe doesn’t pull away.
And I see red.
I can’t say that I’ve ever felt jealous in my life, but in this moment, I want to scratch that woman’s eyes out.
Of course, I’ve been trained better than that.
I hang back and wait for Drew to see me. It takes him a few minutes because he’s too wrapped up in what the blonde is saying, but when he does, he blinks in surprise and disentangles himself from the woman, who narrows her eyes menacingly at me as he turns his back to her.
I simply raise an eyebrow and stare at her coldly until she walks away.
“Hey,” Drew says and leans down to kiss me, but I turn my face, and his lips land on my cheek. He frowns down at me. “What’s wrong?”
“I think I’d like to stay in tonight,” I reply. I can hear the ice in my voice, and I don’t care. This isn’t the time or place to have a fight, in the middle of town and in front of most of his family. “Let’s order dinner in.”
“Okay, that’s fine with me.” He narrows his eyes, then takes my elbow in his hand and turns to the others. “Have a good night, guys. We’ll see you tomorrow.”
The cousins wave and bid us goodnight, and we set off walking to the condo.
“What the fuck is going on?” he asks again.
“I’m not going to talk about this in front of an audience,” I reply tightly. I want to pull my arm out of his grasp, but that’s petty. I don’t like feeling unsure and insecure. It’s theworst.But seeing another woman sidled up to my man, and he does nothing at all to push her away is ten times worse.
I’m so damn mad.
It’s getting dark. The sun has already set, and the last of the light is fading. By the time we reach the condo, it’s completely dark outside, and I don’t bother to turn on any lights as I march into the living room and flip on the fireplace to get warm. I shed my coat and boots, tossing them aside.
“Okay,” Drew says, sounding completely calm. “We’re alone. Why are you mad, London?”
I turn and look at him, standing on the other side of the room, his arms crossed and looking so fucking beautiful it steals my breath away.
I’m so in love with him, and just thethoughtof him looking at someone else has my heart breaking into pieces.
“I think that maybe we’re more different than I thought.” My words come out slowly, as if I have to push them over the lump in my throat.
