Page 12 of Alice & Meg

I rolled my eyes and picked up my fork. “I’m sure this is going to be just fine.” I knew it was going to suck. I could already tell by looking at it that it was going to be dry as hell, and the ganache looked grainy.

“Nice try being modest, babe,” Lo chuckled. “I’m not even going to try that because I can tell it’s dry and grainy.”

I glanced at him. “I’ve taught you well.” I guess that’s what happened after over twenty years, me bitchy and moaning about bad cake to Lo.

“It’s chocolate, so I’ll eat it,” Alice laughed.

“So, what are you ladies doing tomorrow?” Nikki asked.

Lennox glanced at me.

We had both agreed before coming here that I needed to stick close to Lo during his seminar. “Uh, well,” I hemmed.

“Because,” Nikki drawled, “We were thinking of hitting up the spa at some point this weekend and wondered if you guys would want to come with us.”

“I wanted to watch Lo’s seminar and see some of the meetings,” I replied. I definitely needed to be with Lo when he led his seminar. And if he wanted me to be with him the whole weekend, I would.

“Oh, sure, sure,” Alice replied. “Maybe we could hit the spa up after that, huh?”

I glanced at King, who nodded. “That should work.” If anything, I could always back out if Lo needed me, and just leave Lennox with them.

“You mean you’re going to run off to get massages while we sit through boring meetings?” Pipe drawled. “That seems like we’re getting the short end of the stick.”

Pipe and Nikki had a give-and-take dynamic. Pipe gave Nikki shit, and she took it for the most part, though she didn’t miss a beat to dish it back to him.

“You’re going to be sitting on your butt listening to guys talk about car stuff all day. I’m pretty sure that is right up your alley,” she drawled. “I think you’ll manage.”

“We’ll sneak snacks down to you guys,” Alice laughed. “I’m pretty sure my air fryer has a bake setting, and I saw a roll of cookie dough in the cooler.”

“That cookie dough is for snacking,” Nikki mumbled.

“I still can’t believe you guys brought an air fryer,” I sighed. “I totally would be baking some banana bread in my room.” I went through kicks of baking certain things. Lately, I have been on a quick bread kick, with banana being my top flavor.

Alice dropped her chin to her chest. “Did you just say banana bread?”

I nodded.

“Ugh, that is my absolute favorite. I’m sure you’ve got some amazing recipe. I’ll have to get it from you so I can make it when we get back to the clubhouse.”

I tipped my head to the side. “I mean, you guys have an air fryer, right? I could give you a list of ingredients to buy, and we can have a little baking session in your room after Lo’s seminar instead of hitting the spa,” I suggested. I was all for being pampered, but if I was given a choice between baking and getting a massage, I was going to always pick baking. That was my kind of self-care.

“No, no,” Alice called. “I wouldn’t want to take away from your time to show me how to make banana bread.”

“Y’all,” Lennox called. “It is no joke that Meg loves to bake. When she offers to bake for you, you have to take her up on it.”

Jonas nodded. “You’d be crazy not to. I might skip the last meeting of the day just to get some banana bread.”

“No, you’re not,” Lo growled. “You can have Meg’s baking whenever you want.”

Jonas rolled his eyes but didn’t argue with Lo.

Alice and Nikki exchanged a glance.

“I mean, if you insist. I would totally be down for some freshly baked banana bread.” Alice pulled out her phone. “What is your phone number? I’ll text you my room number.”

I rattled off my phone number. Lo put his hand on my thigh and squeezed gently.

“Only you could wrangle an invite to someone’s room to make banana bread,” he laughed.

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