“Not just your fingers,” Andi said to the server, wagging her artful eyebrows.“You’re in danger of losing your whole arm if you try to move it.”
“I’ll be back.”The man grinned and made a show of stepping slowly away from the table.
Kelsey tilted the glass and used her straw to guide the little slice of heaven into her mouth.
Since her whole body seemed warmer, she decided to go a little slower on the second drink.“Does he know?”she asked when they were alone again.“Lorean, I mean.”
“Oh, hell yes.”
“And you two…?”
“We have.”
Kelsey had known the conversation this evening was going to be wild, but she’d had no idea it would be anything like this.“So what’s the problem?”
“His lack of seriousness.Try snuggling on the couch with him.”
“Uhm.No.Good.Pass.Thanks.”To drown the image, Kelsey took the last, long drink of her martini.
“I do everything at Mach speed, and he slows me down.And it takes him longer to get ready to go places than it does me.Two of us in the bathroom doing makeup.And he even wore some of my earrings.”
“I…” She shrugged helplessly.“I’ve got nothing.I don’t even know what to say.”
“Doesn’t really matter.We’re on a break now.”
“Since last night,” Kelsey guessed.
“Exactly.”
“You okay?”
“I will be.Or I am as long as I don’t think about him.So.Enough about all that.Entertain me.I want to hear about Nathan and what happened between the two of you.And, oh, wait.Have you had the opportunity to get me a referral with Erin Donovan yet?”
“In the last twenty-four hours?”Kelsey scowled at her friend.“Not everything is about your business.”
“I forget that.”
“I did meet Zoe McBride today.Sofia’s sister.”
“How’s her hair?”
“I’d be surprised if she wasn’t already one of your clients.”
“I’ll send her a coupon.You know, if you send people to me, it won’t cost you much for me to add some burgundy lowlights to your hair.Normally, as long as it is, it would cost you a fortune, but—”
“I like my hair as it is.Thank you.”Kelsey took the first sip of her second drink.
Andi sighed.After falling silent, she went after some more hummus and waved a chip, encouraging Kelsey to get on with the story.
“We had coffee after work, and he gave me a ride home.And when we got there…”
“Go on.”
“He told me about the call from Connor, and he said that if I wanted to go to Deviation, he would escort me.”
Andi’s hand froze on the way to her mouth.“You’re going as his sub?”She fanned herself.“There’s more, isn’t there?”
“He wants to train me this week.”Kelsey took another fortifying drink.“He, uh, gave me an introduction last night.”
