“That you look nice.”
Air caught in her throat. “Really?”
“Yeah.” Then his eyes trailed down her body. “The blue matches your eyes.”
Suddenly it was hard to swallow, but she sure was glad she’d gone with her slip dress.
“Don’t you think, Noah?”
Noah looked back at the group as Addie’s phone buzzed. She was still feeling ridiculously off-center when she looked down to read the text.
Unknown number: You’ve overstayed your welcome. Get out.
Something was wrong with Addie.She’d been fine when he first got to her table, but now she’d gone completely pale. And it was because of something on her phone. It was when she’d looked at her screen that everything had changed.
Why? He’d asked, but she’d said it was nothing.
It wasn’t nothing.
Addie’s lips curved at something Indie said, but the smile didn’t quite reach her eyes.
Had she received bad news? From her parents maybe?
Whatever it was, if she didn’t want to share, it wasn’t his business.
So why did he care so fucking much?
He lifted his beer and downed a quarter of the bottle.
“We’re going to the bathroom,” Cass said, before the three women headed away from the table.
The second they were gone, Noah felt Colt’s eyes on him. He looked at his friend. “What?”
“Why are you staring at Addie?”
Fuck. Had he been staring? “I’m not.”
“You are. And what were you whispering about when we first got here?”
He should have known his friend would see that.
He hadn’t told Colt what had happened on Sunday night. He hadn’t told anyone.
“We kissed.” The words fell from his mouth. They felt like little damn explosions.
Colt choked on his beer. “Youwhat?”
“We kissed on Sunday night.”
“What the hell do you mean you kissed on Sunday night? Where? At the park?”
“At her place. She called me because she lost her key and couldn’t get into her house. I picked the lock, she invited me to stay for Chinese, and…”
“And you kissed.” Shock tinged Colt’s words. “Did you—”
“No. We just kissed, and I left.” Thejustfelt out of place though. It hadn’tjustfelt like a kiss. Because the moment shouldn’t have been so stuck in his head for just a kiss, should it?
There was a small pause, like Colt was trying to wrap his head around the information. “Okay. What now?”
