Rush
may as well
have not even been there.
“You never returned my calls,” she said.
Ugh, this was starting to get ugly. Mia cringed for the woman. She wanted to tell
her to have some pride and walk away.
“We said all that was necessary when we parted,” Ash said, before Jace could respond.
“Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re having a night out with Mia and we’d like to get our
check from the waitress who’s standing behind you.”
Mia didn’t need it spelled out to her that this was obviously one of Jace and Ash’s
threesome women. The way Miss Houston looked at both men told of her intimate knowledge
of both.
Jace stood, his face brooding and dark. “Have some class, Erica. Go home. Don’t make
a scene in public. You’ll regret it tomorrow.”
He reached back for Mia’s hand, pulling her up so she stood on his other side, away
from Erica.
Erica’s face hardened and her eyes narrowed.
“The only thing I regret is that I wasted my time with the both of you.”
She pivoted on her very high heels and stalked out of the pub, leaving Jace, Mia and
Ash standing by the booth they’d occupied.
“You guys have a stalker?” Mia murmured. “Kind of weird that she’d show up in the
exact same place we’re eating out of all the possible restaurants in Manhattan.”
Neither man looked inclined to comment. They both looked like they wanted the matter
to disappear. Mia could find it funny if they both weren’t so pissed off.
They walked back to Jace’s car and when they got in, Jace glanced up in his rearview
mirror. “Sorry about that, Mia.”
She smiled. “Women flocking to you two isn’t anything new. And hey, if you guys ever
want to go slumming again, call me. The food was awesome. I probably gained five pounds
tonight and I’m going home to gain another five eating the fudge Caroline made.”
Ash groaned. “For God’s sake. You could let us forget she made the slumming comment.
What a bitch she was. I can’t believe she insulted you like that.”
Mia shrugged. “I don’t think it would have mattered if I were dressed to the nines.
She would have found some way to take me down a few notches. How dare I be out with
you two!”
Jace grimaced and fell silent as he and Ash exchanged quick, uneasy glances. She wanted
to laugh. Yeah, she knew about them and it was funny to see them worry about just
how much she knew.
They drove her to her apartment and Jace let her and Ash out front so Ash could walk
her up while Jace circled the block and came back for him.
“Thanks for dinner, Ash. It was a lot of fun,” she said when they were inside the
building.
He kissed her on the cheek when the elevator door opened and then waved as she got
inside.
“See you tomorrow at work,” he called.
She waved back, and then he disappeared as the doors closed.
How very interesting the evening had turned out. She mulled over the scene at dinner
as she rode up the elevator.
Her phone went off, and she dug into her purse as she got off the elevator and walked
toward her apartment door. She punched the button to retrieve the text message and
saw it was from Gabe.
Hope you had a nice dinner with Jace and Ash. Text me to let me know you made it back
to your place safely.
Her heart fluttered and her chest tightened as she stared at his words. His concern,
or rather his possessiveness—she wasn’t sure which it was—warmed her to her core.
She sent back a quick text, smiling as she entered her apartment.
I’m back just now. Had fun. See you tomorrow.
chapter twenty-four
Gabe’s phone rang as he entered his office building the next morning. He was earlier
than usual. It had already become a habit, a routine he found pleasure and comfort
in, for him and Mia to ride in together after she’d spent the night at his apartment.
Last night had made him restless and edgy, and he’d spent the majority of the evening
brooding in silence as he imagined Mia in her bed alone just as he was alone in his.
He didn’t like feeling this way. Hated that he was somehow dependent on Mia for the
peace of mind he only felt when she was near. It made him feel like a needy, grasping
fool, and with his age and experience he shouldn’t be responding like this.
He grimaced when he saw that it was his mother calling. He let it go to voice mail
as he got onto the elevator, resolving to call her back in the privacy of his office.
What she had to say
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