Cade
It is.
My breath hitched. “It’s him.”
He’d actually downloaded the app. I wasn’t sure what to think.
“Are you kidding me?” Sadie elbowed me, scowling. “You can’t just take his word for it. Ask for proof. Have him send a selfie. I want to see what he looks like anyway.”
Okay, she had a point. If someone had already pretended to be Cade, then they could do it again.
Ellie
Prove it, please.
There was a longer pause this time. Long enough that I wondered if he was ignoring me—or maybe he was just struggling to get a good angle for a selfie.
Sadie and I enjoyed our gelato while waiting, until the softdingof a new message came in.
Cade
This is the drool stain you left on my shirt yesterday.
A picture popped up below the words—a close-up of a shirt with a dark spot near the collar.
I immediately wanted to cease existing.
“What did he say?” Sadie asked, leaning closer.
“Nothing!” I smacked my hand over the screen to hide the evidence of my shame. “I mean, not nothing. Just…nothing pertinent to the situation. But I can confirm it’s definitely him.”
She squinted between my fingers before raising both brows. “You drooled on him?”
My face flamed as I groaned softly. “Not on purpose. I only drool when I’m completely wiped, and Whiskey had me up all night.”
Sadie slowly shook her head. “Well, it doesn’t sound like he was turned off by it.”
I frowned at the screen.
Ellie
Not cool. Did you download the app just to make fun of me, or did I convert you?
He didn’t respond. Not immediately. So we ate gelato and chatted for long enough that I thought he might not respond at all, until that littledingfinally chimed minutes later.
My pulse skipped. “He messaged again.”
We both practically pushed our noses against the screen to read it, then gasped.
Cade
Neither. I have a business proposal for you. Need to schedule a session today to discuss it. ASAP.
I stared at the phone like it was an alien artifact. “He wants to hire me for an emergency session.”
“He totally wants to pay you for sex,” Sadie whispered. She eyed me speculatively. “Are you sure you didn’t sleep with him?”
“Sadie!”