“You’re hopeless.”
“But you love me anyway.”
I laughed, leaning back in my chair. “I do. And what does that say about me?”
“That you have shit taste in men,” Jordan said, striding into the room and handing Eddie a stack of papers. “Your rafting trip for tomorrow.”
“That’s harsh, boss man,” Eddie grumbled.
I grinned as I looked up at Jordan. “But I stick around you so you might have just insulted yourself.”
Noel’s lips twitched.
Jordan rolled his eyes. “I’ve known you longer than all these fools. I’m the original. They’re just the imitations.”
It was true enough. Jordan’s dad and mine had been friends since childhood. Even though he was several years older, he’d been present in my life since the day my parents brought me home from the hospital.
“How could I insult the OG?”
“Damn straight.”
The screen door to the office squeaked, and I looked up to see Wren. I grinned. “What are you doing here?”
There was mischief in her hazel eyes as she lifted an insulated bag. “Can’t a girl bring her bestie lunch?”
“With that look on your face, I’m pretty sure the answer should be no.”
She burst out laughing. “But you’re going to come with me anyway.”
I glanced at Jordan. “It okay if I head out for a bit?”
He jerked his chin in a nod. “Of course. Your group gets here at one-thirty.”
“I’ll be back by one.”
Eddie grinned at Wren. “Don’t you want to invite a poor, hungry boy to join you?”
Wren’s lips twitched. “Sorry, buddy, this is girl-talk time.”
“I can do girl talk for whatever smells amazing in that bag.”
Wren chuckled. “Sorry, just enough for two.”
Eddie pouted.
I ruffled his hair as I stood. “I’ll pick you up a sandwich on my way back.”
He grinned up at me. “Have I told you lately that I love you?”
I snorted. “I guess that comes in handy since our band of misfits is stuck together for life.”
Noel held out his hand for a fist bump. “You know it.”
Touching my knuckles to his, I turned to head for my best friend. The wordsgirl talkhad me on edge. If anyone could see through my act with Caden, it would be Roan or Wren. And my bestie had a look in her eyes that said she was ready for an interrogation.
She wrapped an arm around my shoulders and led me out of the office. “Want to go down to the lake?”
“Sure.”
