“How would you know what a snowman looked like?” said Rory.
I shrugged. “I ski.”
“Since when?” challenged Dys.
“Maybe it was another lifetime,” said Rory.
Jerk.
“Enough,” said Jacine. She tried to wriggle away from Holmes who grinned at her evilly while he pinned her to the bed and I’m a little jealous right now. I must stuff that attitude down. Jacine is “ours,” not “mine,” and there isn’t a single moment of the day when I don’t feel it.
“Help me,” she said. Jacine cast her glance at me and damn if I didn’t want to help her—with her clothes off that is.
“Get dressed, Jacy,” said Tobias, “and Anson can take you to the spa after he drops me at work.”
“Now wait,” she said in total exasperation. “Dad needs Anson.”
“Your father is already at the office, Princess,” said Tobias. Jacine huffed in frustration.
“The man will kill himself if I don’t kill him first,” she said.
Jersey strolled into Jacine’s walk-in closet and brought out clothes for Jacine. “Get dressed, baby.”
Jacine eyed Jersey’s dubious choices.
"Now look. I don't need a spa day. I need—"
“You need what, baby?” said Rory with a leer.
“Oh, good God,” she muttered.
“Enough,” I said. I yanked Rory off her by his shoulder. “Let the woman dress. She needs to look gorgeous tonight, doesn’t she? This is the first time we are going out in public, all together with three rock stars on her arm.”
Tobias cleared his throat.
“Sorry, I mean three rock stars and their rock star lawyer.”
“That’s better,” said Tobias.
“Wait,” said Rory. “You want to use this as a promo op?” He sounded incredulous.
“No, man,” said Jersey. He seemed to have more on the uptake than usual today. “We will officially declare we are poly.”
Jacine propped herself on her elbows and glared at all of us.
“No,” she said.
“You said yourself that you see the wedding as pointless,” said Jersey. “So this is the next best thing. What are the names of the hotel and caterer again? I’ll cancel them.”
"You stop with the phone, Jersey Dys. You've done more than enough damage for one day," she said.
“What’s the matter, Princess?” said Tobias. “Is there a reason you don’t want to go public?”
“Yeah,” said Rory. “Why don’t you want to be seen with us?”
Jacine froze, and she lay her head in her hands, which disconcerted me. Jacine never lost her cool. Ever.
“Oh, fuck, I don’t know.”
