Page 26 of Four of Hearts

“Yeah, see you tomorrow. Come by around five.”

I nodded, and once he opened the door for me, I left without taking another look at him. If I did, I wouldn’t have been able to leave.

I opened the door to Benson’s apartment, noticing that there were more people inside. The place had gotten fuller, and louder as well. “Good, you’re back. Can you help me with the pizza?”

Benson was standing in the kitchen, with about fifteen pizza boxes on the counter. “You ordered pizza?”

“No, some of the guys brought them. Had I known they were coming here after that concert, I would’ve ordered them myself. Free pizza is fine too, I guess.”

I nodded and went to grab a few boxes to bring them into the living room. I placed them onto the table, then took the one at the top, and headed over to Willa. She was still sitting on one of the bean bags, scrolling on her phone. She was drunk. I could tell by her bright-red cheeks.

“Hey, girl.” I sat down on the bean bag next to her. “How many drinks did you have while I was gone?”

She scrunched up her nose and kept staring at her screen as she answered. “Not as many as you would think. I was a good girl tonight.”

I laughed and opened the box. “I’m proud of you. Eat some pizza with me.”

She let her phone drop onto her stomach, then she reached for the pizza and grabbed a slice. “How are the strippers?”

“They’re great. Still very handsome. They invited me to dinner tomorrow night.”

“Really? Are you going? Please tell me you’re going.”

“Of course I am going. What about Morris? Did he text you yet?”

“No,” she said, biting into the pizza and continuing to talk with her mouth full, she added, “But he did call.”

She grinned at me, and I looked at her wide-eyed. “He did? What did he say?”

“Oh, just that he was too nervous to call and that’s why it took him so long. He promised to take me out next week, but he’s pretty busy, so I don’t know when that will happen.”

“Busy?”

“Yeah, he works at some office during the week. He only works at The Hot Spot on the weekends,” she explained.

“I see.” I took another bite and grinned at her again once I swallowed. “We’re dating again, I guess.”

She laughed. “We sure are!”

Somehow, our lives always aligned. Everything always happened at the right time for us, but even if it didn’t, it wouldn’t matter.

We supported each other no matter what, and we were happy for one another.

“Maybe we can go on a double date someday since Morris knows the guys,” Willa suggested, her words slightly slurred.

I grinned at the idea. It sounded fun, even if I wasn’t sure how a date with four men at the same time would go.

I was good at keeping conversations going, but if I wanted to get to know them all, I needed to do that one-by-one.

“I’ll let the guys know tomorrow.”

“I love how you call them the guys. It’s like they’re already yours.”

We both laughed.

They weren’t mine, and while I didn’t like to think too far ahead and get my hopes up, I did have a feeling that this thing with the guys would turn into something great.

Chapter 13

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