Page 32 of Dirty Filthy Boy
"Is that why you were in such a hurry to leave the Outlaws' compound?"
"Yes. He saw me, and I'd just as soon avoid any further conversations with him."
She picks up her sandwich and takes a bite out of it. "Aren't you supposed to be interviewing him?"
"I got all the information I need to do a basic article." Of course, I wanted to dig deeper, but fat chance of doing that now.
She does more damage to her sandwich, swirls a French fry into a mound of ketchup and pops it into her mouth. "Did he see you talking to Oliver Lyons?"
"Yeah."
"How did he look?"
"Mad."
She wipes her hands on the napkin and steeples them together. "If he was jealous of you talking to his teammates, I can't imagine how he feels about you being chummy with his smokin' hot boss."
"What?"
"Come on, MacKenna. Don't tell you didn't notice how gorgeous Oliver Lyons is? The man won Chicago's Hottest Businessman Award, for heaven's sake."
"Oh, I noticed. When I was a teenager, I had a huge crush on him."
"And now?" Her voice carries more than curiosity in it.
I shrug. "Guess I got over it." Oliver's handsome but he doesn't hold a candle to Ty's earthy masculinity.
"You might not be attracted to Oliver any longer, but you still have a problem."
I have more than one, if truth be told. But I'll need her to explain. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you slept with Ty Mathews, who seems to be a tad jealous with you talking to other men. Aaannnnd you were talking to his boss who invited you out on a date."
"Ty doesn't know Oliver asked me out. Besides, it isn't a date. It's a catch up kind of a thing."
"Sure it is. MacKenna." She thumps her elbows on the table. "It's a date. Plain and simple. If Ty sees you with Oliver Lyons at that charity event, fireworks will explode."
She's right. If Ty went ballistic when I simply talked to Ryan Taylor, what's he going to do when he spots me with Oliver at a banquet? I drop my head into my hands. "Oh, God. What am I going to do?"
Having finished all of her fries, Mar snags one of mine and bites down on it. "Well, I for one can't wait to find out."
"I hate you."
She smirks. "That's what best friends are for, isn't it?"
