“Sorry,” she whispered. “Tanner came back?”
I nodded.
“Well I need to hear this entire story immediately.” She tossed me the takeout bag from Salad Central and made herself comfy on my couch.
I got about three sentences in before Chastity interrupted.
“That. Freaking. Asshole.” She looked like she was ready to flip my coffee table. If not for our salads and drinks, she might have.
“Tell me about it,” I agreed.
“How dare he come back after three months and mess with your love life.”
“That’s what I said to him. Among other things.”
“Please tell me you told him off.”
I thought back to the conversation. It was all kind of foggy, but I was pretty sure I hadn’t been very nice to him. “I think I told him to stay out of my life. And that I love gambling my body.”
Chastity gave me a high five. “So what are you gonna do now?”
“I’m gonna go back to Club Onyx. And I’m going to do whatever I damn well please.” There was a high probability that I was still drunk. “I’m done thinking about Tanner. I’m officially single and ready to mingle.”As soon as I get rid of this wicked hangover.
***
“Remind me not to drink as much tonight,” I said as we waited for the elevator in the lobby of the Caldwell Hotel. It had takenthree cups of coffee and two naps to get my hangover to subside. I wasn’t about to go and give myself another one.
“Will do,” said Chastity. “But it probably won’t be necessary. I mean…it’ll be hard for you to drink too much when you have Cole’s cock jammed down your throat.”
I laughed and then nervously looked around to make sure no one else had heard her. Was that where tonight was headed? I decided to change the subject, especially since the elevator doors could open at any second. And I was pretty sure Cole would be inside. “What about you?” I asked. “Will you be going to the sky box with your mysterious gentleman suitor?”
She shook her head. “Not tonight. He canceled during your last nap.”
“Darn. I’m so curious about what the sky box is.”
“Me too. But it’s okay. Because this means that I can devote my entire night to being the best wing woman you’ve ever had.”
Ding.
The elevator doors slid open and Cole greeted us with his signature cocky smirk. “Good evening, ladies,” he said, holding the door open for us.
We walked in. I’d come up with a million sexy things to say to him. But the sight of him in his fitted liftman uniform made me forget half of my pickup lines. And the half that I did remember suddenly seemed horribly corny. Luckily Cole did the talking.
“What floor?” he asked.
“Club Onyx, please,” I said.
He shook his head. “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Floor 62,” said Chastity.
“Ah, why of course.” Cole hit a button and off we went.
Oh, right.We were supposed to talk in code. But he didn’t have to be an ass about it.
“Does your presence here mean that you enjoyed yourselves last night?” he asked.
“We did,” I said.
