Laughing, I push him through the door.“Whatever.I’ll see you later.”
I close the door behind him, immediately opening up the text thread on my phone.
Me: You are so paying for sending me that text when you knew your brother was with me.Be ready Drunk Hannah, I’m gonna enjoy punishing you for that one ;)
Hannah: Well shit, consider me fucking excited!
I burst out laughing as I finish up things in my office before heading back to my place to take a quick shower, my mind reeling with ideas about what I’m going to do to her when I get my hands on her later tonight.
By the time I get to Apple Jacks, everyone else is there.I’m greeted with a cheer as I walk through the door and before I even have a chance to sit down, Jack is thrusting a drink at me and clinking his bottle against mine.
“Cheers, mate, thanks for coming,” he says.
“No problem,” I say, lifting my drink in a salute before taking a sip.“Was a good idea, given what your other half is up to.”
Jack laughs, shaking his head a little.“Yeah, I mean look, I love Lu and I’m fucking excited about the babies coming, but I do not need to watch as she unwraps a bunch of organic nappies or whatever.”
“Unwrap what?”I ask, confused.
Jack narrows his brow.“Nappies,” he says.
“What the hell is that?”
“Oh my god,” he moans, rolling his eyes.“Fucking diapers, man.Shit, you guys say some weird shit.”
Laughing, I slap his shoulder as we join Dylan, Tommy and Will.“Speak for yourself, Jack.Speak for yourself.”
“Leo!”Dylan says, grinning as he shoves a stool at me and motions for me to sit.“Take a seat.”His grin widens, his smile sly as he glances at Tom and Jack before turning back to me.“Seems our boy here has gone and found himself someone to sext with.”
“Oh fuck,” I mutter, scrubbing a hand down my face.
“Whoa, what?How the hell do I not know about this?”Jack asks, an urgent and slightly annoyed tone to his voice.
Dylan smirks, chuckling as he looks at Jack.“Losing your touch, man,” he teases.“And I guess you’re not the only one who notices shit around here.”
Jack shakes his head as he turns back to me.“No, this won’t do, what’s going on here?Start talking.I need details.”
Laughing at the obvious annoyance Jack has because Dylan has apparently got one over him, I shake my head, holding a hand up as I say, “Nothing, Dylan’s talking shit.As usual.”
“Bullshit,” Dylan says, laughing.“You were so fucking sexting someone when I came past earlier and man, she must be good, because the smile on your face.Fuck.”
I can’t help but laugh, because as much as I donotwant to spill the beans here, I know if I did, I would seriously knock Dylan on his ass.Big time.“Look, dude, you’re this big loved up fool right now.You’re imaging shit.Let it go.”
“Oh no, no, no,” he replies, shaking his head.“This is legit, you gotta see, Jack, seriously.”
I turn to Jack who’s still watching me, a look of concentration on his face as though he’s trying to work something out.Clearly, he doesn’t remember nearly busting me and Han in the catering kitchen a while back.Either that or I just read too much into things that day.Tommy is sitting beside him, silently chuckling as he sips his cider, while Will watches Jack, a look of amusement on his face.
“Are they always like this?”I ask Tom.
He nods.“Yep.I mean he’s the worst,” he says, jerking a thumb at Jack.“But he’s not much better these days,” he adds, gesturing to Dylan, who rolls his eyes.
“They’re both as bad as each other,” Will chimes in, making Tom laugh.
“This place,” I mutter, still smiling because as much as the whole everyone knowing everyone’s business is weird, I do really love working here.Even more so with my sexy new sous chef.
Dylan laughs, slapping my shoulder as he flops onto the stool beside me.“There’s no escaping it, Leo,” he says, smiling.“We’ll get it out of you eventually.Now drink up.And Jack, get him another cider.We need to loosen this guy up and get him talking.”
Jack lets out a laugh as though he approves of Dylan’s plan before handing me another cider.I finish off my drink before accepting the new one, wondering if Hannah is copping this much shit from the girls as I mentally count down the minutes till I can escape and go ravish that sexy as fuck body of hers.
