Drew sipped on his second cup of coffee while hiding his smile. Eden had eaten two biscuits, a slice of crispy bacon, and a scrambled egg with cheese. She had questioned why he had been given four biscuits when she’d only been given two. So, he had shared half of one with her.
Now she was sitting over them, mumbling about how full she was, and that she should have stuck to her plan to eat her granola bar and drink water. He decided to be a gentleman for once and not mention that nobody had forced her to eat. He would have gladly eaten both meals without any problem.
“How do you do it, Drew?”
He glanced over at her as the truck left the rest area where he had parked the rig so they could eat. “How do I do what?”
“Eat the way you do, but without worrying about gaining weight.”
She had asked him that before, which meant staying in shape was important to her. He decided not to tell her that regular sex was a good way to burn off calories. Instead, he said, “I told you that I run whenever I can. While I’m on the road, weather permitting, I jog five miles every morning.”
“Even this morning?” she asked.
“Yes. I got up at three and ran around the parking lot.”
“But it was dark at that time.”
“Yes, it was dark, but the lot was well lit. By the time I got back to my hotel room, showered and dressed, it was time to get you.”
“No wonder you were frowning.”
“I told you I wasn’t frowning. I’m just not a morning person.” What he wouldn’t tell her was that when she had opened her hotel room door and he had seen how beautiful she looked, he had known it would be hard as hell to ignore her today.
“There’s something I meant to tell you last night, but you needed to concentrate on the road.”
“What do you have to tell me?”
“I called Sophie from Delores’ house yesterday.”
“Who is Sophie?”
“We’re like best friends, although my parents don’t know it. We’re keeping it a secret.”
“Why?”
She then told him the reason. “That’s a different strategy,” he said, taking another sip of his coffee.
“It was Mark’s idea, but he had ulterior motives for suggesting it.”
“And they were…”
“It would put him near Sophie whenever the three of us met secretly.”
He glanced over at her. “Why would your boyfriend want to get close to your best friend?” Drew felt he had been doing a pretty good job keeping up until she’d thrown him that curveball.
“The reason Mark wants to be near Sophie is because they are in love with each other, and have been since high school.”
“Come again? Did I hear you right?”
“You heard me.”
“And that doesn’t bother you?”
“Heck no. I told you that Mark and I are only friends.”
“This might sound like a stupid question, but if all of your families have money, what’s wrong with Mark and Sophie getting together?”
“Her parents intend for Sophie to marry Renard, but that won’t be happening.”
