life, I’ll give him your number.” Riley grinned at me.
“And just how you would know that, my dear?” Ann asked quizzically.
“Mom, last year in Cheyenne, at that home show…We had adjoining rooms.” Riley leans in closer to her mother. “I heard him having the most animalistic sex with someone…for HOURS.”
I choked on a piece of pancake.
Did she just say hours? Holy shit. I don’t even know what thirty minutes of sex feels like.
Addison started to blush. “I wouldn’t have any idea what that was like.”
“Liar,” Riley said loudly. “I bet Blaine would put Weston to shame.”
Addison just shrugged and looked down at her plate innocently, not giving anything else away.
Lucky bitch.
“Isn’t he married anyway?” I ask, not wanting to hear her answer.
“Not anymore.”
Oh …
***
Hi, my name is Leah and I’m a fifth-wheel. No, not the type of truck. The fifth person in a group, with two couples. You know the one. It’s awkward and super fun …
I squeezed my legs around Cylas, the white Arab, and he trotted up in front of everyone else. If I’m going to have to ride with them, and all their lovey-dovey goo, I’m not going to be subjected to watching like a big loser from the back.
I’m also grinning like an idiot trying to ignore that I just overheard Blaine suggest he and Addison find a bush and shake it. I’m so happy that she’s happy…but things like that make me feel incredibly lonely and sad at the same time.
I’ve decided that when we get back, I’m going to pull Riley aside and tell her I want to meet Weston again. Even if she refuses, I’ll pull the BFF card. Lord knows I haven’t redeemed those points, ever.
“So, Leah! You wanna hook up with Riley’s boss, huh?” Alex shouts from behind me.
I actually squirm in the saddle. Damn, Riley!
I turn around and look at him. “Maybe!”
“Well, damn…Just be careful. I bet that guy can get a girl pregnant just by looking at her.” Alex teases.
“Isn’t that how you knocked Riley up?” I asked, my voice sarcastically sweet.
“There must be something in the water at the Cole residence in Maine. Both their children are horndogs.” Riley rang in.
“I’m not complaining,” Blaine said, laughing.
After the talk of sex filled my morning, I’m almost desperate now. It’s been way too long since Joel, and I’m too embarrassed to actually tell the girls there has only been him and Jeremiah. Not that I’m counting how long it’s been since I had sex.
Eleven months, three weeks, and four days…
CHAPTER NINE
Weston
“Well, whaddaya think?” Pete asks when I climb out of my car at the new property.
“I think I’m very happy with my choice of contractor.”
“Thought you might say that. C’mon and take a look at the foundation.”
I follow Pete around the base of my new structure, smiling and nodding while he explains everything I already know. If he’s already got this much done in four days, he’ll have the rest up in no time. I’m a very happy man right now.
“I’m heading back to New York for a few week, but I’ll be back in time to cut the ribbon.” I extend my hand to Pete and he shakes it. “If you need anything, in person, call Riley Cole. Her number should be on all the paperwork.”
Riley is meeting me for lunch today, to discuss a few more things before we leave for New York. She’s coming with me to the convention—and I’m still very excited about it.
When I pull into the parking lot of the restaurant she chose, I park beside her car. What a nice His and Hers pair.
As soon as I walk into the place, her laughter echoes through the place, and I immediately zone in on where she is seated. Although from here I can only see the back of her, I can tell she’s talking to someone and whoever they are, they’ve got her in stitches.
I smile at the hostess and take off my jacket. “I’ve found my seat already, thank you.”
She smiles sweetly and looks back down at
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