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“I do. I also know he was rumored to cheat on my sister, and I don’t have real fond feelings for him for that reason.”
“He never cheated on your sister. I promise you that.”
“No offense, but your promises come from a place where you’re his business partner and his friend and possibly play in his sheets. Not exactly unbiased.”
“Yeah, but I pretty much hate him right now, so that’s gotta count for something right?”
Rafe chuckled and tipped back his beer. “Is that why you’re as happy to be here tonight as I am?”
“Eh, I’m just an outsider. I wasn’t part of the team. I’m still the new guy in town to a lot of people.” Which is why he’d planned to stick close to Paige, since she was also on the newer side of the ledger, but she’d gone off with her gal pals and was doing her own thing.
Drake smiled. No matter what, their girl—his girl, if it came to that—would be just fine.
“So what’s your story?” he asked Rafe.
“Nothing. My story is I spend all day working my ass off and my nights doing the same damn thing. I let all my friendships with guys from the team go in favor of work.”
“What about Wade?”
“What about him? He was gone for all those years.”
“Yeah, but he’s back now.”
“And what? I’m supposed to just welcome him with open arms?” He shook his head. “Maybe Charli can forgive that easily, but I can’t. Because of him splitting on us, she ended up married to that pompous ass for those years.” He held up a hand. “I know he’s yours.”
Colt was his, no matter what way Rafe meant that. Whatever roadblocks were between them now, he would always think of Colt as his in some small way. “Doesn’t mean he’s not a pompous ass,” Drake said lightly, earning Rafe’s smile. “But he’s also a lot of other good things people don’t give him much credit for. Including himself. He’s harder on himself than anyone.”
Rafe grunted and drank. “I had another friend, besides Wade. I screwed that shit up.”
“How?”
Rafe’s gaze lingered across the room. For a second, Drake thought it had veered toward Colt’s sister.
Nah, not possible. Rafe…and Hollie? No way.
“I slept with her,” Rafe muttered.
Drake raised a brow. “Huh, that sounds kind of like my current problems.”
“You don’t say.”
“Sex is the root of all evil.”
“Agreed.” Rafe smiled. “But not having it is worse.”
Drake pretended t
o clink his nonexistent beer with Rafe’s. “You said it, brother.”
“So what are you going to do about your sex problem?” Rafe asked.
Drake locked eyes with Paige across the room and smiled. “I’m going to be grateful for what I have and work on getting more. You?”
“I’m drinking. Nothing else has worked.”
“You’ve tried to fix things with her?”
Rafe rolled his shoulders as if he was limbering up for a fight. “What’s the point? She’s impossible.”
