Page 183 of Well Played

Callie couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She had spoken to Daisy before about her crush on Matt, but had she said anything about Ben? True, she felt a fluttering of something whenever Ben smiled at her, but Callie had ignored it. Mostly because, at the time, she had been with Drew and she wasn’t about to ruin things there. But now she was single, it was getting harder to ignore.

She could appreciate a good-looking guy, but two of them? That felt like it should be illegal.

“Daisy…”

“What? Are you seriously telling me you haven’t thought about it?”

Daisy looked like she was enjoying herself with this teasing. Callie took a deep breath, trying to bring her scattered thoughts back.

“I’m not planning on doing anything with either of them.”

“Why not? You’re single now. So are they. If you’re all consenting adults, what’s the problem?”

“They don’t look at me like that, for the most part,” Callie shot back, looking all around her. There were people around, mostly warming up for their races or getting on with their own conversations. Nobody seemed to be paying attention to her. Even so, she moved along the viewing gallery and into the hallway, which felt like a relief with the cooler air wafting around. “I’m not going to waste my time flirting with a couple of people who aren’t going to like me in the same way.”

Daisy raised her eyebrows. Now she was looking more animated than she had been when Callie first called her.

“What makes you think they don’t?”

“Because I know. I’m not their type, Daisy.”

“But I know that Matt fancies you.”

That stopped Callie in her tracks.

“Excuse me? What did you say?”

“He and I were talking at Christmas. When we all took you out for a meal as an early birthday present? We went to the bar for drinks, and Matt said to me that he’s fancied you rotten for a while, but you were with Drew. Now you’re single, and he’s too shy to say anything.”

Callie felt like she was in a weird dream. She shook her head.

“You can’t be serious, Daisy. You’re blowing smoke up my arse, aren’t you?”

“No, of course I’m not. This is serious. Matt does like you in that way.” Daisy smirked. “And Ben has made a comment that if he had a chance, he wouldn’t turn it down.”

“What?”

Callie had to catch her phone as it slipped from her hand. Daisy laughed.

“You should see your face right now.”

“I’m glad you’re feeling better if you can laugh like that,” Callie said snidely.

“Well, it is quite funny. You’ve considered both guys pretty hot before, and now the feeling is mutual…”

“That’s not the point!”

“Why not? You’re all adults, yes? If you’ve got their attention and nobody else is in the way, might as well make the most of it.” Daisy looked like she was enjoying herself with this. “I know having a threesome is one of your fantasies.”

Callie was beginning to wish that she hadn’t said anything to Daisy now. It was coming back to bite her. She looked around, glad that there was nobody about. Even the cool air wasn’t making her hot face cool down.

“You’re really not helping right now, Daisy.”

“You want help with this? Leave me out of it,” Daisy howled.

“This isn’t funny!”

“Well, if you saw your face, you would as well. Just enjoy yourself. Be selfish for once.”

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