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“Seven?” A corner of my lips rises.
“I’ll give you my address so you can pick me up.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
She bites the lip I touched, her eyes drifting low to where her hands were a second ago, burning my skin just from their intensity alone. If only she knew that I’m sensitive too, and if she keeps looking at me like that I’m going to get us in a world of trouble right in the middle of the empty clubhouse.
Sensing this, she finally returns her gaze somewhere more PG. “Dress code?”
“Comfortable.”
“Very well,” she says in an extremely professional way. “See you later, Cowboy.”
I salute because it’s all I can do to keep my free hand from reaching for her. How the tables turned, huh?
CHAPTER 41
HOPE
“Yas, girl!” Rose snaps her fingers as I walk by my two roomies in the living room. “Thisis when you know it’s right.”
“You mean because I’m going on a date in leggings and a sweatshirt?” I ask, not even pretending to hide the grin slowly taking over my face. “He did say comfortable after all.”
From her arm chair, Audrey glances up from her iPad and says, “Wow, you almost make me want to try dating. Almost.”
“Right? Too bad the whole scene is a shitshow.” Rose shrugs from her spot in the middle of the couch, her arms thrown over the backrest as she faces me.
“Ya don’t say?” I mumble. They know my misadventures better than anyone, so I have no need to elaborate. Instead, I take my phone from the pocket of my leggings and check the screen. Some texts from Kelly await, but no news from a certain cowboy yet.
The three of us jump in our skins as the doorbell rings. My heart rate increases not because of the surprise but because I bet I know who’s behind the front door. I make for it.
“Wait!” Rose springs to her feet, fluffy socks making her skid on the hardwood floors as she rushes around the living roomtoward me. Her hands rest on my shoulders for a moment. “Let big sis handle it.”
“Big sis? You’re just a year older.” I scoff.
“Oh, good idea.” Audrey sets aside her device and also comes over to the door, rubbing her hands. That’s when I figure whatever they’re up to is no bueno.
Rose whips open the door and Cade’s head appears over theirs. His eyes set on them, then on me, a question making his eyebrow cock. All I can do is shrug in response.
“Hello, Cowboy,” Rose starts with an overly serious voice. “We hear you intend to date our precious little Hope.”
“Precious I’ll give you, but little?” I fold my arms.
All of them ignore me.
“That’s right, ma’am,” he responds back in kind.
“And is this with serious intentions or just for funsies?”
“Oh my word.” I grab the back of their shirts, trying to pull my roommates away from Cade, but this is when they both decide to become stronger than me. They plant their feet wide and hold their ground.
“And by the way,” Audrey says in a deceptively friendly way, “depending on your answer you may or not walk out alive.”
“Geez. What’s gotten into you, guys?”
Audrey bats my hand away. “We’re tired of seeing you suffer because of men. We want you to only be with a good one from now on.”
“And don’t you dream about lying.” Rose points at the much taller guy’s face. “Your answer has to be as true tonight as in the undetermined future.”
