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Sutton
I can still smell you on me. It’s fucking sexy.
Here we go.
Me
What happened to hello?
“Shit,” I grumble when he rings my phone. I know I’m going to regret answering. “Yeah?”
“Hello,” he says.
“I’m kind of busy. What do you want?”
“You. All over me again.”
“Then I have devastating news.” His chuckle says he doesn’t believe me any more than my friends. Men and their egos, I swear. “Look, last night was obviously a mistake. We were drinking. Things happened that will not happen again.”
“And bythingsdo you mean pulling my hair while you came on my face or clawing my back and begging me not to stop?”
“Wow, you really were drunk. Or delusional. You should probably hydrate.”
“I was not drunk and neither were you.” The amusement in his voice is infuriating. “But if that’s how you want to play this, Delilah…”
“Great, no need to ever bring it up again. Glad we’re on the same page. I have to go.”
I hang up before he can say anything else. Ugh, there’s no chance he’s going to let this go anytime soon.
The rental truck is due back by six. My plan is to return it and stop by home for dinner before getting back to work, but that plan changes when I walk through the trailer door.
Amos stares at me. “Cutting it a little close, aren’t you? We have to leave in fifteen minutes.”
What the hell is he talking about. “Leave for what?”
“Sunday dinner with Mom? We promised last week, remember?”
“No, I didn’t remember.” I’m a walking ball of dirt and dust. “Go ahead and I’ll meet you there. Tell her I’m running a little late.”
Amos grins from ear to ear. “You forgot an appointment. Hell might be frozen over.”
“Shut up. I’ve had a lot going on.” Yeah, I’ve made a huge step toward starting a business and also got the life fucked out of me by his best friend. I’d call that an eventful twenty-four hours.
CHAPTER 15
SUTTON
Amos talkedme into coming with him to have dinner with his mother. I don’t mind. He said she often asks about me and she was always nice to me when I was younger. Besides, we’re meeting at an all you can eat buffet and I’m starving.
Lila pauses and blinks when she sees me sitting in a booth across from Amos and Gloria.
“There you are!” Gloria exclaims. “I thought you weren’t going to make it.”
“Sorry, I told Amos to let you know I’d be a few minutes late.”
“Oh yes, he did.” Her nose scrunches up as she scrutinizes her daughter. “Is your hair wet?”
“Damp, yes. I was working late and needed a quick shower. How are you?”
