“Jade,” I whispered with a laugh. “Mark will pass out if he hears you talk like that.”
“You do know I’m the reason he’s so protective of his closet,right? He caught me in it and couldn’t look me in the eye.”
“He caught you? Did he give you the lecture about waiting for theone?” Many had tried. It was why she kept her affairs out of the news.
“He knows I’m too fucked up and will do it anyway. He just doesn’t want it in his BBC.”
“So, you heard the name too?”
“Oh, I heard it. And I told him to announce it to the Facebook group.”
I snickered. “You’re evil.”
“Don’t blow this for me.”
“You know I’d never.” I looked around the bar, which was filling up. Atticus was at the bar talking to Dean and Mark. One of the guys we’d grown up with, Lucas, was here, which was a rare sighting since his move to Nashville.
“So, be real with me.” Jade leaned in. “Should I ride the bull?”
“No,” I said. “God, you’re as bad as Dean.”
“Well, it’s the only thing I can ride,” she said with a sigh. “It’ll besomeaction.”
“Don’t ride a bull just because you need dick, okay?”
“I’m riding for the thrill of it.”
I shook my head and caught Dean glancing at me. I could see he was still worried, so I gave him a thumbs-up.
“Speaking of a good ride, have you gotten any lately?”
I gave Jade a flat look. “You know the answer to that.”
“Do I? Because you went super quiet and Dean keeps looking over here.”
IwishedI’d gone quiet for that reason. There was something about him being in pajamas that made heat rise within me. I’d had to go back to my room and take care of things.
And it still lingered.
I needed to Google pierced vibrators when I got home. That was what I was craving.
“Nothing’s happening,” I said. “I would tell you if it was.”
“Just like you’d tell me if you had a newroommate?”
“What?” I asked. “How did you?—”
“I have a habit of checking on your house when I go in and out of town. I saw his truck.”
“He just had a hotel problem.” I rubbed my forehead. “Please don’t tell anyone. I can’t have people knowing yet.”
“You know I won’t. And if anyone else mentions it, I’ll make up a reason he’s there.”
“What would I do without you?”
She shrugged. “Develop a stress disorder?”
I laughed and scanned back over the crowd. Kerry was by the bar, which meant I needed to be on my best behavior.