Page 81 of Falling for Nicole
“Hmmm.”
I don’t say any more. She’s got enough on her plate at the moment; she doesn’t need me grilling her about finding a new man when she hasn’t dealt with the old one yet.
“Tell me more about the job you’re applying for. What might they ask you about?”
Liv explains that it’s a temporary job as a journalist’s assistant. It’s not really what she wants—she wants to be the one doing the reporting, not supplying the coffee, but it’s a starting point.
A couple of hours go by before I feel a shadow fall over the length of me. When I crack an eye open, I find Dec and Liam staring down at us.
“Having fun?” Dec asks.
“Yep, just chilling out.”
“So I see.” His eyes drop to my scantily clad breasts before running down my exposed legs. I tear my eyes away from him in his low hanging board shorts to see Liam doing a similar thing to Liv.
“Shall we go grab some food?”
“Yes. I’m starving,” Liv says, jumping to her feet and brushing some sand off. Liam watches her every movement to the extent that Dec actually elbows me to make sure I’ve noticed what’s developing in front of me.
“Come on.” I grab his hand after I’ve got my stuff together and start to walk towards the shack, allowing Liv and Liam a few minutes alone.
“Is something going on there?”
“Don’t think so. It sure feels like there could be, though.”
“Liam needs some action. I was starting to wonder if he’s turned gay or it had fallen off.”
“Just because he’s not a man whore like you or BJ, it must have fallen off?”
“I’m a one woman man, thank you very much.” He wraps his arm around my shoulder and kisses my temple.
“Yeah, now you are.”
“Well…yeah.”
We’re sitting down waiting for drinks when Liv and Liam eventually catch us up. She’s looking up at him with a wide smile on her face, and I think it’s the most genuine smile I’ve seen since she arrived a few days ago. This place seems like it might be the perfect location for new starts. I have everything crossed that she gets this job. Hopefully that will be the push she needs to do what she needs to do.
“Molly asked me to be her bridesmaid,” I say, pulling my eyes away.
“Bit last minute, isn’t it?”
I explain what happened before telling him she wants me at the venue Thursday night instead of Friday as I’d planned. I was hoping to just go for the day so I wouldn’t have to be away from Bailey, but that doesn’t seem to be a possibility.
“I’m sure someone will swap shifts with you.” I feel awful because it seems like ever since I started here, all I’ve done is swap shifts and get time off.
“Thanks, Frey,” I say when she puts our drinks in front of us and takes Liv and Liam’s order. I hate sitting here being useless; I’m more than capable of getting our own drinks and placing our food order, but Dec insisted I was a customer. “I’ll still work the weekend. I’ll drive back first thing.”
“No, you can stay the whole weekend.” He pins me with a hard stare, trying to tell me not to argue, but that’s not happening.
“This is my job, Dec. I won’t take the piss because I’m with you.”
“It’s a family wedding.”
“Your family. I’ll still work my shifts,” I say, adamantly. “I just need to find someone to keep an eye on Bailey while I’m gone.”
“I can,” comes from next to me. Glancing over, I find Liam looking back at me.
“Are you sure?”
