Molly peered over her shoulder. “What is it?”
“He asked if he did something wrong.”
“What? Why? Didn’t you just tell him you might be interested in a date?”
“Yeah, I…” She clicked into the text messages—and gasped at the sight of her last text to the man.
You can’t. I was just being nice. It’s not gonna happen. You’re not my type. Don’t message again.
Who the heck had—
Suddenly, it hit her.Jace. She’d left her cell at the table with him when she went to fix the register. She couldn’tbelievehe’d do this! But…hadn’t he done this very thing in high school time and again? Scared guys off so she’d ended up dateless, whilehe’ddated every girl in their grade?
But God, they were adults now. Was he really still doing this?
Molly sucked in a sharp breath as she read the text. “Elle. That was a bit harsh.”
She locked her phone and looked at Molly. “I need to take a quick break. Will you be okay here?”
“Sure, but—”
“Call if you need anything.”
Then she stormed out onto the deck, ready to give that no-good jerk a piece of her mind.
CHAPTER 8
“What’s this I hear about you getting plastered last night?”
Jace internally cursed Cody for telling Kayden. “I wasn’t plastered, just had a few more than usual.”
“So many that our brother had to take your keys so you wouldn’t drive yourself home?”
He rolled his eyes. “You know I’d never drink and drive.”
“So you admit you’d had too many to drive?”
Jace’s gaze ran over the mountains as they neared the end of the skywalk. He’d just finished packing up after a rappelling session that Kayden had helped him run. “Yeah, but I was a happy drunk.”
“So happy you waddled on over to Elle’s house.”
“Did Cody give you my whole life story?”
“Just theCliffsNotes.” Kayden squeezed his shoulder as they stepped off the skywalk. “Hey. I know you’re usually the easygoing, adventurous brother, but if everything’s not okay—”
“It’s fine, Kay. I’m fine. Just like I told Cody I was fine.” He crossed his arms, not wanting to talk about his shit anymore. Not here, not now. “You heard from Lock lately?”
Their last remaining out-of-town brother was on a Ghost Ops team. They never knew where he was or what he was doing, and he rarely checked in.
Kayden sighed but let the change of subject go. “Nope. Haven’t heard from him in a while. For all I know, he’s on the other side of the world doing God knows what.”
One side of Jace’s mouth lifted. “And loving every second of it.”
Kayden opened his mouth to respond, only to stop and frown at something over Jace’s shoulder. Jace turned and followed his gaze to see a very angry-looking Elle storming toward them.
“Shit, she looks mad,” Jace said, more to himself than his brother.
“What did you do?”
