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"This is going to be a hard sell. Ready to have some fun? Let's call my parents!"
Chapter Six
J ustin
Next to me, Kayla pulled her phone from her purse without disturbing the puppy. I realized with a jolt that I was outnumbered by females. In my own home. And I'd brought it on myself. Data was curled cozily in Kayla's lap. I'd signed myself up for a bargain with the devil. If this scheme failed, I was in danger of losing the dog to the girl at the end of the year.
Kayla turned her heart-melting, yet beautifully devious, smile on me. She was like Eve tempting me to eat the apple. "The minute I turn this thing on, all hell is going to break loose again."
I couldn't disagree. "Nonstop calls. Texts with a dozen exclamation points. Curious friends and family. Worried parents. Bring them on."
After the last three years getting Flashionista off the ground, anything else was child's play. Even calling her parents and lying my ass off.
My phone was off, too. I hadn't turned it off since I'd started Flashionista with Riggins. This was serious shit for me.
"A fearless man?" Kayla arched one eyebrow. "A hero. I like it." She grabbed my arm. Damn, I was too aware of her touch as she stared seriously into my eyes. "Let me do the talking."
She laughed. "I'm an adult. Totally self-sufficient and off on my own. Why do I feel like I'm back in kindergarten about to be scolded for pinching a boy and ending up in the principal's office?" She bumped me playfully with her shoulder. I prickled with awareness of her. "I'm going to put it on speakerphone. If they know you can hear them, they'll behave themselves."
She grinned devilishly as she hit the on button. "Once Mom picks up, prepare to be yelled at. In the highest-pitched voice human ears can hear. Mom perfected the art of screeching. But she's basically harmless. It means she's worried, that's all." She took a deep breath. "Here goes."
"Kayla Marie Lucas! At last. Thank goodness ." The relief in her mom's voice was palpable. And shrill.
"Hey, Mom!" Kayla winked at me and mouthed, Told you so . She smiled as if her mom's reaction amused her. As if it were the most natural thing in the world. "Is Daddy around? I have some news."
Daddy? I mouthed back, unable to decide if that was sweet or needy. Or purely playful. And whether I was up against an overprotective father who doted on his daddy's girl and would come after me with his shotgun. Too late for that, apparently. I'd already married her. What was he going to do? Make me un-marry her?
"Don't Hey, Mom me. And your daddy is not going to save you. So you can stop that blatant manipulation. No teasing. No playful horsing around. This is serious . He's Dad to you, thank you very much." There was the mom voice.
Kayla's kindergarten reference had been entirely appropriate. I grinned at her.
"I saw your news on the news," her mom said in a huff. "I want to know one thing—is it true? Did you marry that boy ?"
Boy? I mouthed to Kayla and made a muscle, pointing to it and flexing to show her I was not a boy.
She squeezed my bicep like it was ripe fruit. Damn, her simple touch made me horny as hell. I was a man lost.
She made a kissy mouth at me and flashed me a thumbs-up. I was in real danger of losing control and actually kissing her. Like a dumb shit who thought her flirting was real. We were partners in crime. Two people sharing a secret. In on a gag. Coconspirators. That was all. The temptation to just do it was too strong. I blamed my family and all their damned sporting events. I had to force my gaze away from her shiny, pink, high-gloss lips as her mom rattled on.
"I told your dad — seriously, Kayla, he's on my side on this one—I told him this must be one of those ridiculous tabloid stories run amok, the ones that are pure fiction. Totally made up because the facts don't matter. Just the sensation it makes."
I was feeling a lot of sensations, too.
Her mom's sigh was heavy. "Probably a slow news day in the city. Our
Chapter Six
J ustin
Next to me, Kayla pulled her phone from her purse without disturbing the puppy. I realized with a jolt that I was outnumbered by females. In my own home. And I'd brought it on myself. Data was curled cozily in Kayla's lap. I'd signed myself up for a bargain with the devil. If this scheme failed, I was in danger of losing the dog to the girl at the end of the year.
Kayla turned her heart-melting, yet beautifully devious, smile on me. She was like Eve tempting me to eat the apple. "The minute I turn this thing on, all hell is going to break loose again."
I couldn't disagree. "Nonstop calls. Texts with a dozen exclamation points. Curious friends and family. Worried parents. Bring them on."
After the last three years getting Flashionista off the ground, anything else was child's play. Even calling her parents and lying my ass off.
My phone was off, too. I hadn't turned it off since I'd started Flashionista with Riggins. This was serious shit for me.
"A fearless man?" Kayla arched one eyebrow. "A hero. I like it." She grabbed my arm. Damn, I was too aware of her touch as she stared seriously into my eyes. "Let me do the talking."
She laughed. "I'm an adult. Totally self-sufficient and off on my own. Why do I feel like I'm back in kindergarten about to be scolded for pinching a boy and ending up in the principal's office?" She bumped me playfully with her shoulder. I prickled with awareness of her. "I'm going to put it on speakerphone. If they know you can hear them, they'll behave themselves."
She grinned devilishly as she hit the on button. "Once Mom picks up, prepare to be yelled at. In the highest-pitched voice human ears can hear. Mom perfected the art of screeching. But she's basically harmless. It means she's worried, that's all." She took a deep breath. "Here goes."
"Kayla Marie Lucas! At last. Thank goodness ." The relief in her mom's voice was palpable. And shrill.
"Hey, Mom!" Kayla winked at me and mouthed, Told you so . She smiled as if her mom's reaction amused her. As if it were the most natural thing in the world. "Is Daddy around? I have some news."
Daddy? I mouthed back, unable to decide if that was sweet or needy. Or purely playful. And whether I was up against an overprotective father who doted on his daddy's girl and would come after me with his shotgun. Too late for that, apparently. I'd already married her. What was he going to do? Make me un-marry her?
"Don't Hey, Mom me. And your daddy is not going to save you. So you can stop that blatant manipulation. No teasing. No playful horsing around. This is serious . He's Dad to you, thank you very much." There was the mom voice.
Kayla's kindergarten reference had been entirely appropriate. I grinned at her.
"I saw your news on the news," her mom said in a huff. "I want to know one thing—is it true? Did you marry that boy ?"
Boy? I mouthed to Kayla and made a muscle, pointing to it and flexing to show her I was not a boy.
She squeezed my bicep like it was ripe fruit. Damn, her simple touch made me horny as hell. I was a man lost.
She made a kissy mouth at me and flashed me a thumbs-up. I was in real danger of losing control and actually kissing her. Like a dumb shit who thought her flirting was real. We were partners in crime. Two people sharing a secret. In on a gag. Coconspirators. That was all. The temptation to just do it was too strong. I blamed my family and all their damned sporting events. I had to force my gaze away from her shiny, pink, high-gloss lips as her mom rattled on.
"I told your dad — seriously, Kayla, he's on my side on this one—I told him this must be one of those ridiculous tabloid stories run amok, the ones that are pure fiction. Totally made up because the facts don't matter. Just the sensation it makes."
I was feeling a lot of sensations, too.
Her mom's sigh was heavy. "Probably a slow news day in the city. Our
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