Page 53 of Play Me
I laugh in disbelief. “Well, okay, then, Gray. You’re just cooperating now?”
Me: How about we meet somewhere around four o’clock?
Gray: Sure. Want to just come over here?
Me: Not really.
Gray: Stupey’s, then?
I mosey around the house and consider where I want to meet Gray. Stupey’s would work, but it could be loud, and it would undoubtedly be distracting. Alternatively, I have no interest in inviting Gray here. That’s … too much.
Maybe his house would be the best answer.Oof.
I grimace while typing out my reply.
Me: I’ll come there.
Gray: Don’t worry. I know you rolled your eyes. I don’t think you WANT to come here.
I can’t help it. I laugh at the cheeky bastard.
Me: Sunday at four.
Gray: Great.
Me: Great.
I’m not sure what to say now. I should put the phone down and get back to work. Instead, I hold the device in my hand and stare at the screen as if I expect another text to come through, even though I don’t.
Still, a couple of minutes go by, and my phone dings again.
Gray: Thank you.
I grin, typing out my response.
Me: You’re welcome.
Then I turn my phone off and focus on an email I need to send to Blakely.
CHAPTER
FOURTEEN
Gray
“What the fuck?” I laugh, tucking my towel around my waist.
My phone is propped up against a bottle of lotion with a video from the team chat playing on the screen. Nico and Ridge are together, presumably at one of their homes. Nico is wearing an Easter bunny outfit minus the head. Ridge dons a beekeeper’s veil and gloves. They each have a hula hoop, one pink and one purple, and are cracking each other up in a contest that involves hopscotch, a swimming pool, and a unicorn raft.
Jory: Have you been drinking?
Sebastian: You can do better than that, Nico. Are you even trying?
Breaker: Try it again. Backward.
Nico: Am I trying? Fuck off. This is hard.
Me: I think the bunny tail is throwing off your balance.
