Page 25 of Butterfly Effect

“I was fighting my true feelings.” Gabe smiles, faker than some women orgasm—not that I’d know—and pats my knee. “Like he said.”

“Yep, and then we kissed on New Year’s Eve.”

Gabe pales. So does everyone else.

“Youkissedher?” I don’t know if I can handle any more of Indi’s shrieking. The pitch keeps getting higher and higher.

“Which New Year’s Eve?” Landon holds out questioning palms.

“The one where Indi looked sexy as hell, and you told me to pretend to be blind.”

Landon hides his eyes while Indi gapes. “When she told you off and choked you?”

Gabe goes red. Her grasp on my knee tightens.

“Yep.” A sheepish grin splits my face in half. “And I liked it.”

My fake girlfriend’s eyes widen. Her pulse drums every place we touch.

“Oh, my God,” Indi laments.

“Also, we had a quickie in the stairway closet before your wedding reception.”

Those thick lashes of Gabe’s flutter closed as she pulls her lips into her mouth.

Oops. I’m so fucked.

“What!” It’s the highest I’ve ever heard Indi’s voice.

“Radek knew about it.” I point.

If I’m going down, they’re all coming with me.

She slaps Landon’s shoulder with a loud, sharp sound. “You promised me they didn’t!”

“Dude!” The alternate captain winces while rubbing the spot where her hand landed. “Why are you tryin’ to screw me over?”

“Jaeger knew, too.”

Sky also smacks her husband’s arm. “Derrick!”

He doesn’t flinch, the refrigerator. Instead, his eyes hone in on me, thumb motioning across his throat. “You’re dead,” he growls.

“It’s not my fault you lie to your wives. I have nothing to hide.” My chin juts up. “Gabe had such a great time; she spent the night with me.”

“I think I’m gonna be sick.” Indi hugs her belly. She looks more than a little green.

“Baby.” Landon searches her body. “You okay?”

“No! Your manwhore friend is—” Her cheeks puff mid-sentence, and she runs toward the washroom. Landon runs after her.

Skylar shakes her head. “I don’t get it. What happened last night? The pictures?—”

“What’s not to get? Vaughn showed up, was a dick to Gabe, and I straightened him out. I took my girl back to the hotel.”

My girl? Shit. The words taste too good.

“We talked about it, and the rest is history.”

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