Page 8 of What If I See You

Where the hell am I supposed to go?

I meet Corrigan’s eye and she shakes her head. “Don’t worry about it babe. I’m sure we can both stay with Bodhi. He’s got room. You can have the guest bed.”

“Thanks Corri, but it’s fine. I’m sure I can find?—”

“You can stay here.” The words tumble from Griffin’s mouth, causing everyone to turn his way. His eyes dart to everyone staring at him and then finally they stop on me.

Hooooly shit.

Did he seriously just offer me the opportunity to stay here? With him?

“I mean, if you need a place to stay, that is.” He gestures around the room. “I’ve got more than enough space for two people and I’m rarely even here. In fact, we’re leaving tomorrow for Napa anyway so you would have the place to yourself.”

At the mention of Napa, Scarlett jolts out of her seat with a gasp. “Oh, my God! You should come, Layken!”

My head snaps to her. “What?”

“To Napa! Come with us! It’ll be so much fun!”

I shake my head. “I’m not sure I understand.”

“Oliver and I invited a bunch of people to get away during the All-Star weekend since none of the guys are playing this year. Just kind of a relax-and-unwind-from-hockey-life, drink-wine-and-have-fun kind of weekend. Come with us!”

“No, I couldn’t,” I say with a shake of my head. “This is your thing. I’d only be imposing.”

Ella and Corrigan jump up and stand with Scarlett. “Girl, listen,” Ella says with a hand on my shoulder. “You just lost your job and your living space has no water for at least a week. If that isn’t the universe telling you that you deserve a few days to live it up in Napa Valley with people who like you and want you to be there, I don’t know what it is.”

“Right.” Scarlett nods, smiling. “And when we get back, Griffin said you can stay here. That way you’ll be in our building and we can hang out even more. We’re always coming to Griffin’s place. It’s like our home away from home.”

Griffin nods when I peer around the girls to look at him. “It’s true. It must be the pajama pants. They just can’t get enough of my zest for life.”

His humor does make me smile.

And he’s very sweet for offering me his space.

“You’re really sure about this, Griffin? You can tell me to go sleep on Bodhi’s couch and I won’t even hesitate to do it.”

He lifts a brow and gives me a questioning glance. “Do you really want to spend the next week sleeping on a couch the two of them have fucked on probably more than once?”

I laugh. “As if you haven’t done the very same thing?”

He shakes his head proudly. “I’ll have you know that no such thing has ever happened on this fine fabric.” He smooths his hand over the faux suede gray couch he’s sitting on. “That’s what they make hotel rooms for, but those two monkeys?” He silently mouths the words, “They fuck everywhere.”

I glance at Corrigan who says, “I can neither confirm nor deny.”

Bodhi raises his hand. “Will confirm. Sorry but my girl is hot as fuck so…”

“Okay, okay.” I snort, glancing back at Griffin. “If you have the room, and you really don’t mind…”

“I don’t mind. Not even a little bit.”

I nod. “Okay. Umm, I guess I’ll take you up on the offer then. Thank you Griffin. Again.”

“And you’ll come to Napa, yes?” Scarlett pleads, grabbing hold of my hands.

“Uh, I mean, I guess I need to grab clothes or something so I can pack.” I glance at Corrigan. “Can we even get into our building right now?”

“Fuck it.” She shrugs. “Let’s go with nothing and shop for everything we need when we get there.”

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