Page 40 of Untethered Heart
BETH:
OMG he lives! What are you doing? You’re not still at the office, are you?
ME:
No, just doing some work at home. Trying to anyway. My night seems as successful as Mason’s at this point.
MASON:
Did you also have a drink thrown in your face?
I shake my head and walk into the pantry to grab a bottle of bourbon and a glass. My phone chimes again, but I pour myself a drink, taking a sip before I do anything else. The warm liquid is a soothing burn down my throat. I close my eyes to savour it, but without thought or meaning to, an image of Lex is conjured in my mind. I slam the glass down on the bench and blow out a breath. Another ping from my phone.
BETH:
Gonna take a wild guess here and ask… is a woman to blame?
MASON:
Pffft, of course it is. If Cale’s not working a business deal, he’s working a woman. And you guys tease me for leading women on HA!
BETH:
Hush, Mason. So Lex was nice.
BETH:
I couldn’t help but notice her pretty red hair, I feel like I may have seen her before?
ME:
Yes. You saw her a few weeks ago when it was western night at The Wayside.
BETH:
Might she also be the redhead Gage had mentioned from weeks before that as well?
ME:
This stays between the four of us. I don’t want it coming up at family dinner, but yes, it’s the same woman. The woman from weeks ago that hascompletely consumed my every waking thought since is the same fucking woman I just signed on to be my newest client.
BETH:
Holy shit!
MASON:
I’m lost…
GAGE:
I’m not sure if this is going to be helpful then, but Lex was just here with her blonde friend.
I almost drop my phone when my gaze zeroes in on Lex’s name and the fact that she was at The Wayside tonight.
ME:
She’s gone now?
