Page 19 of Til Death Do Us Part

“No, she didn’t, and before I could get it out of her, she saw my ring and freaked out.” I hated to ask, but I had to know. “Whose name did she say?”

Jordan’s face fell and his jaw ticked before he uttered one simple word.

“Leo’s.”

7

Leo

“Excuse me,”Everly choked out. “I think I heard you wrong. I could have sworn you said Camilla, your fiancée, ex-fiancée,” she corrected, her knuckles turning white on the grip she had on her beer bottle. “Are you saying that she called out my husband’s name while you were having sex?”

Jordan nudged me with a smile. “She’s already possessive of you. I think you landed yourself a good one.”

“Tell me you’re lying,” she demanded, her face now flushed.

“I wish I could, but I can’t. After that, I knew I was making a mistake. I was never going to be enough for Camilla. She was always going to seek out the attention of other men and continue to be unfaithful.” He finished off his beer and signaled for another.

“Your past is your past, but I’ve got to know if you ever—”

I cut Everly off before she could finish her sentence. What kind of friend would I be if I slept with my best friend’s girl? Resting my elbows on the bar, I looked Everly in the eyes, so she’d know with one hundred percent certainty I was telling her the truth. “Not once. The thought never even crossed my mind.”

Letting out a sigh of relief, she placed her hand over mine. “I’m sorry I had to ask, but why would she say your name?”

With my other free hand, I covered hers. “Your guess is as good as mine. I’ve never even spent any time with her one on one. I was only happy Jordan believed me. If she would have fucked up my relationship with him, I don’t know what I would have done.”

“Not going to happen, man. Even though Minneapolis is a big city, there’s no way in hell I’m going to live in the same city as her,” Jordan pointed his new beer at me. “When I get back, I’m going to start searching for jobs back in California. Maybe if I’m lucky, I’ll find one near you.”

“You know, when I confronted her on if she knew if you were moving to Oasis, she said she didn’t care where you lived since you weren’t going to be living in the same city. Oh, and get this. Apparently, she’s never coming back to Oasis because she doesn’t have anyone there anymore.” Everly’s eyes turned glassy before she cleared her throat, straightened in her seat, and with one shake of her head they were gone.

“It seems like Camilla is breaking her ties with everyone in her path today.”

Everly rested her head in her hand. “I have to say she was devastated when I showed up. She was crying the entire time up until she saw my ring.” She raised her hand and looked at the ring that rested on her finger.

“I still can’t believe you two got married last night. This whole weekend is wild.” While his tone was jubilant, there was no hiding the misery in Jordan’s eyes.

While I wanted to wrap my arms around Everly, I didn’t want to rub our new relationship in Jordan’s face when he’d ended his four years with Camilla. Dropping my hand, I rubbed my knuckles along the smooth skin of her thigh. Everly’s gaze dropped to my hand for only a second, but I saw the way her mouth kicked up in that moment.

Seeing Jordan tense out of the corner of my eye had me scanning the area to see what had caught his attention. I should have known Camilla would eventually try to find him.

“I’ve got to go.” Jordan jumped up from his stool. “There’s no way I can deal with her without causing a scene. You two have fun being newlyweds. I’m glad this weekend worked out for someone.”

We watched as Jordan went in the opposite direction as Camilla. She called out his name over and over again, but Jordan acted as if he hadn’t heard his ex screaming his name across the pool. Camilla chased after him, and I hoped Jordan held strong and didn’t take her back.

The moment Camilla was out of sight, Everly stood, her raspy voice against my ear. Her voice was such a turn on, I didn’t think there’d ever be a time when I didn’t hear it and not get hard. “What do you say we get out of here before she comes back, and we get the brunt of her anger?”

Turning on my stool, I pulled her between my legs and kept my hands on her hips. My thumbs started rubbing circles on her hipbone. “What do you have in mind?”

“Well,” she put her arms around my neck, “I think we should go back to your room and continue the honeymoon.”

“You’re a woman after my heart.” I stood, wrapping an arm around her waist. “Why don’t we grab some lunch? We’re going to need our strength because I plan to make last night look like an appetizer compared to what I have in store for you.”

Reaching up, she kissed the dimple in my chin and smiled up at me. “That sounds like the perfect way to spend the rest of our honeymoon.”

I still couldn’t believe we had gotten married the night before. I hadn’t even asked her how her family would take the news that she married a complete stranger since I was so caught up in what my own family would think.

As if he knew I was thinking about him, Luke’s name flashed on my screen. I hit decline, not wanting to get into it with him out where everyone could hear. When my phone rang again, Everly looked down at my phone with concern.

“Do you need to answer that? It might be important.”

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