As we set off again walking through the store, she says, “By the way, Matthias is inviting someone from work to the party. I thought maybe you might like to meet him.”
There it is. The real reason she wanted me to come along on this shopping trip.
We pass the mixers and blenders, and I say, “Okay, but I’m not really interested in a relationship right now.”
That completely normal statement gets me a look of disbelief. “Do I need to remind you that you haven’t had a boyfriend for more than a few minutes in nearly two years since you and Justin broke up on your trip to Vegas?”
“Maybe I want to be single.”
She laughs at that perfectly acceptable statement. “You sound like Marius. I guess that’s why you two have never succumbed to my matchmaking efforts.”
I smile at how adorable my friend is when it comes to being Cupid. “Blame that on him. I’ve always been more than happy to take a ride on Marius King.”
“Are you still talking about what that old girlfriend of his said?”
Maia did like to brag that after being with Marius she always walked funny. She wasn’t wrong, although I thought she walked funny all the time. Then again, she may have been telling the truth.
My friend has never said anything about Matthias, but she did seem to be walking oddly one day. Ava has always beensomewhat secretive about her relationship with the oldest King, though, and I’ve never come right out and asked.
Today seems like a good day to remedy that.
“All I’m saying is I hear the King boys have been blessed, and I don’t mean by all those billions of dollars,” I say with a grin.
When she doesn’t take the bait, I come right out and ask. “Well, you’re married to one. What’s the verdict?”
Ava stops dead, practically running into the stroller, and turns around to look at me with eyes as wide as saucers. “Eden! We’re in the middle of a store at the mall!”
“So?”
Flustered, she answers, “So, I don’t want to talk about that here.”
“Just nod if he’s well-endowed or shake your head and put on a sad face if he’s needledick the bug fucker. That’s all I’m saying.”
She points at the baby and scowls at my language before quickly scanning the area around us to see if anyone heard me. There’s not a soul close enough to have heard my comment, so she doesn’t have anything to worry about.
“Well?” I ask as her cheeks get bright red. “Good to go or itty bitty winkie?”
My best friend has never been one to kiss and tell, so I’m not surprised in all the time she’s been with Matthias that she’s never shared if he’s got the goods or not. I have to think he does. The man is six foot four and built like a god. If he has a tiny peen, then what hope is there for the rest of the men in this world?
“I can’t believe you’re asking me this,” Ava says as she starts to push the stroller again.
Oh, well. So much for dishing on the size of the King brothers.
And then, just when I think there’s no chance to find out the answer to my question about Matthias, she turns to look at me and nods with a big smile. I knew it!
“You lucky girl!” I say, practically squealing with delight. “No wonder you couldn’t say no to him. I mean, the money is definitely nice, and Matthias is seriously easy on the eyes, but a man who has the goods and can lay some pipe is worth his weight in gold.”
Now Ava’s face is beet red. “You know my son is right here. You’re talking about his father’s you-know-what right in front of Matty.”
I lean down and smile at the baby lying in the stroller. “Hey, Matty. Can you understand your mom and I are talking about your father’s junk? No? Didn’t think so.”
After tickling his belly, I stand up and smile at Ava. “He doesn’t understand a thing.”
She rolls her eyes and sighs before we start walking again. “Please tell me you’ll consider this guy Matthias is inviting to the party. He’s the head of the IT division at King Industries.”
A geek. That’s who she’s setting me up with. Nice.
“Great. So you get a big hanging man with billions and gorgeous looks, and I get Mr. Wizard. Or worse, that weird guy from The Big Bang Theory.”
