Burn(120)
Gabe nodded his agreement.
“All right then. Let’s get our girls and get the hell out of here,” Ash announced.
chapter twenty-six
“Huddle!” Mia called out belligerently. She stood in the center of the room and waved her hand urgently toward Bethany and Josie.
Josie and Bethany struggled up from the couch. Josie swayed precariously and stared down at her feet, baffled as to why they weren’t working properly. She nearly went down, and a strong hand caught her elbow.
“Whoops!” she exclaimed before righting herself. She sent her “help” a dazzling smile and registered an amused male grin. Was it Ash? Hell, the room was spinning so much she couldn’t tell who was who or where.
She teetered toward where Mia waited and caught Bethany’s arm when the other woman stumbled on her way.
Giggling like fiends, they huddled with Mia.
“Okay, here’s the deal,” Mia said in a loud whisper. “We definitely have to meet up for lunch tomorrow and exchange details. I can’t wait to hear how Ash reacts.”
Josie frowned and then looked back over her shoulder to where the men stood, indulgent smiles on their faces.
“What about Brittany?” Josie hissed. “She’s hooking up with Mr. Club Owner over there. We have to hear what goes down there, right?”
“Right,” Bethany said solemnly.
“Brittany!” Mia yelled again.
Brittany scuttled over, breaking into the circle, her face flushed with excitement.
“Okay, lunch tomorrow,” Mia said. “We have to get all the down-and-dirty details!”
A series of groans went up and Josie turned, silencing the males with a ferocious scowl. They laughed and Josie turned her attention back to the women.
Brittany bit her lip and then glanced over Josie’s shoulder in the direction of Kai Wellington.
“I don’t know, guys. Maybe I’m biting off more than I can chew.”
“I’ll take good care of you, Brittany,” Kai said in amusement.
“They’re eavesdropping,” Mia muttered.
“Kind of hard not to, baby,” Gabe said, laughter in his voice. “You’re bellowing loud enough for the entire club to hear.”
Mia scowled and then lowered her voice to a loud whisper.
“One o’clock. Isabella’s. For all the girls’ night wrap-up.”
“Do they always do this?” Kai asked in the background.
“Hell if I know,” Jace muttered. “Nothing like being intimidated by being rated the next day. That’s a hell of a lot of pressure to put on a man.”
The women giggled and then Mia put her hand in. “On three. Let’s go get our men.”
They slapped their hands in a pile in the middle. “One, two, three!”
They raised their hands, breaking away from the huddle. Josie stumbled away, scanning the floor for her shoes.
“My shoes! I have to have those shoes,” she complained. “It will ruin everything if I don’t have the shoes!”
“Looking for these, darling?”
She looked up to see Ash standing there, her shoes dangling from his fingers. His eyes were bright with laughter, but his gaze smoldered appreciatively over her body. She did an experimental wiggle, hoping her dress covered everything it was supposed to.