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When he takes Lily’s hand and they turn to leave, I look between Max and Lake, trying to work out if he’s serious or not. Max whistles, eyeing the ceiling like there’s something amazing there, and Lake looks down at her feet.
Mine and Banner’s eyes meet, and we widen them, both silently saying, ‘what the fuck’. Surely, he can’t be that bad.
I mean, what could he possibly get up to in four hours.
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“I can’t believe they don’t include starters in the all you can eat,” Max whines as we step outside of the car.
We all narrow our eyes at him, slamming our car doors. “Don’t, Max. I’m still pissed you got us banned from another restaurant.”
“He’s done this before?” Banner asks, chuckling. He found the whole ordeal amusing from the beginning. I, on the other hand, couldn’t have been more embarrassed. And yes, kind of amused.
Lake looks at him over the car roof. “You’ll be surprised. It was easier to ask him where hecouldgo rather than have him tell me the places he’d been banned from ever stepping foot in again. The list was never ending. We can’t even get takeout anymore because he complains about portion sizes or missing food.”
“I’m not that bad,” Max scoffs.
“Max, you’re lucky they didn’t call the police. You pushed the waiter over,” Lake warns him heatedly. She didn’t seem surprised by his actions though, didn’t even seem embarrassed. Something tells me he’s done worse stuff in her company than the incident that just occurred.
“Lake,” he whines slowly, throwing his arm over the back of her shoulders. “It was an accident. I thought he was going to punch me in the face. I can’t have him ruining the merchandise.” He gestures to his face, ignoring Lake as she rolls her eyes.
“So, you pushed him over?” I ask, stopping outside the restaurant we’re going in—we’re hoping the second try will be the charm.
He gives me an eye roll. “I didn’t push him. I got up too fast and he got too close. It was automatic reflexes. And does no one care he was gonna hit me?”
“You told him to go back to school and learn how to read the fine print,” I remind him.
“And teased him about his trousers being too tight,” Lake adds.
“His boner was staring at me—straight in the eye,” he groans, looking up at the sky.
Banner chuckles, wrapping his arm around my shoulder and pulling me to his side. “Max is right about that. Every time he came back from the table with the group of girls, it got bigger.”
Max looks at him, his eyes bright with amusement. “And the wet patch… I nearly told him I’d pay him to take a break, get it sorted.”
Banner nods but remains quiet.
“Emma,” a feminine voice calls from behind me. We spin around, and I beam when I find Jordan walking towards us, a smile spread across her face.
“Hey, Jordan. How are you?”
“I’m good. You okay to meet up next week?”
Shit. “I’m so sorry. I forgot to text you. I actually have to meet up with someone else Friday before class,” I tell her, feeling my face heat. I don’t want any of them here to know who I’m going to meet. I know they wouldn’t judge me, but I don’t want Jordan knowing my personal business just yet. I don’t know if I can trust her.
She frowns, looking disappointed. “Oh no. I was looking forward to catching up with you. Message me when you’re free next, there was something I needed to talk to you about.”
She looks serious about it. I wish I had booked Milly for another day, but I’ve got too much work to catch up on in the week, and coursework.
“I will. It will have to be the week after. I’ve got a lot on.”
“That’s fine. Mum said you’re making cakes for their bake sale. Did you want me to come and help?”
I nod. “That would be great. I’ll need help protecting the cakes from Banner. He’ll end up eating them all.”
“Cakes?” Max says. I glance at him, smiling when he gets a dazed look in his eyes and licks his lips.
“Let me know a day,” she orders, her eyes twinkling at Max’s behaviour.
