“Nope, not bad at all.” Josh wagged his brows as he shoved the final piece of pizza in his mouth. “Hey, Sutter,” he turned his attention in my direction as the girls tossed the pizza box in the trash, “think you can drop me off at the girls’ place? I don’t really feel like going home with a boner tonight.”
“Whatever, man. Don’t make this awkward though. We have to work with them for the beach party. I have to go to several more meetings. I don’t want to hear about what a pig you were, or have to explain your fuck ‘em chuck ‘em mentality when you don’t call her back or take her out again.” I blew out a deep breath as I tried to calm myself. I knew that after this beach party happened, Josh and Grace would be no more. He’d lose interest, and she’d pine away for a few weeks, but in the end they wouldn’t be more than a fling.
“You’re awesome.” He clapped me on the shoulder before standing and wrapping his arm around Grace. “Let’s blow this popsicle stand.”
“I’m game. Where do you want to go?” She batted her eyes up at him.
“I was thinking your place.” He grinned before leaning down next to her ear. I don’t know what he whispered, and I really didn’t want to know. Grace’s face began to turn a dark red as she blushed profusely.
“Ok.” She coughed. “Can you take us home, Cayden?”
“Sure.” I nodded as I dug for my keys. The quicker this fake date ended, the better. I had nothing against Serena, but she wasn’t who I wanted to be spending time with. Addison was who I wanted to be with, and Addison was the one who I needed to talk to tonight. After spending days convincing her that I needed to go on this fake date, I now had to explain why I was taking the same girl to the beach party, especially after I’d agreed to go stag. All of this was getting way too complicated for me, and I needed to simplify it real quick before someone got hurt.