Page 53 of Third Chances (Men of Manhattan 2)

"I don't know," Mason said.

"Penny sounded fine, James," I added. "She just misses you."

He gave me a weird look. How much had he heard of Mason and I talking? Shit. He had to know that I didn't love Penny. That was ridiculous.

"Yeah, okay," James said. "I think I'm just going to hang out in the room tonight while you guys go out. I just want to rent a movie or something."

Mason and I exchanged glances. "Nope," Mason said. "There's four of us and there's four girls we're meeting up with. We need you."

"I'm not going to hang out with Kristen tonight just so my brother can get laid."

"It's not about Rob getting laid. It's about you relaxing and having fun. We're worried about you, man. What is wrong with you? Why can't you just enjoy this weekend?"

"Nothing's wrong."

"Come on. Something's bothering you."

"Jesus Christ." James collapsed on his bed.

"Just tell us," Mason said.

"I'm horny, okay?! Fuck."

I laughed. "Wait, what?"

James groaned. "Penny decided she didn't want to have sex before the wedding. I haven't had sex in days."

"I knew you were a selfish lover," I said.

He propped himself up on his elbows. "That's not why, asshole. She wants our wedding night to be special. And you've shared a place with us. You've heard how much she enjoys what I do to her."

"Gross," I said.

Mason laughed. "Seriously? That's why you're acting like you have a stick up your ass? Because you haven't been laid recently?"

"You're the ones that asked." He collapsed back down on the bed.

"So that's why you want to talk to Penny so badly? I should have known it was about phone sex."

"No. I just miss her."

"Well, you have to eat either way, right?" I said. "Come have dinner. Then we can all come back and watch a movie."

"That sounds so incredibly lame," Matt said. He had just walked in the room.

"Where have you been all day?" Mason asked.

"Rob got me a bunch of cards from the front desk. I've been flirting with all the hottest girls here. I love bachelor parties."

"Well, we're getting dinner in ten minutes with Layla and her friends."

James groaned again.

"Don't mind him," Mason said. "Penny's been withholding sex from him."

Matt laughed. "Why are you in the doghouse, man?"

"I'm not," James said. "I'm just getting married."

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