Chris nodded as he obediently walked over and began pushing Grandma toward the pathway that would take them to the driveway. Without looking back, Grandma said, “Let’s go, Haley!”
Haley stood. “Go where?”
“To your house. Where else? Now come along before they try to crash our party.”
Haley hid her smile as she obediently followed her grandmother out the door. No wonder she absolutely adored this woman.
Chapter 6
“I’m hungry,” Jason grumbled as he stared down at the empty plates on his small coffee table.
Brad groaned, “You practically ate both plates of cookies. How in the hell are you still hungry?”
Jason shrugged as he leaned back in his chair to watch the game. “I just am. Leave me the hell alone! I’m a growing boy, damn it!”
“Yeah, a growing twenty-eight-year-old boy,” Brad mumbled.
“I’m still growing, damn it, so shut the hell up and feed me!”
“Order something and stop bitching!” Brad snapped back.
“You order something. I’m too weak to move.”
Brad rolled his eyes. “I don’t know how Haley puts up with you. I would have killed you by now.”
“Haley worships me,” Jason said with a snort.
“Yeah, okay,” Brad said, laughing. “That’s why she dates other men and screws you over just to laugh at you.”
“Exactly.”
Brad looked over at him. “You are a seriously fucked up man, aren’t you?”
“Probably,” Jason said, unconcerned.
“I thought so.”
A soft knock at the door drew their attention, making Brad cringe. “This isn’t another one of your girlfriends coming for revenge, is it?”
Jason rolled his eyes as he reluctantly stood up. “I think calling any of them my girlfriend is a bit of an exaggeration. I rather you stick with referring to them as ‘the women who agreed to having a good time with no strings attached who got really pissed at me when I got bored and left them for someone hotter.’”
“Wow, that’s a mouthful,” Brad murmured. “And surprisingly, none of them has killed you yet.”
“It is, isn’t it,” Jason agreed.
He opened the door, already knowing that there wouldn’t be any pissed-off women waiting to scream at him. It had been a while since he’d taken a woman to bed and to the best of his knowledge, all the previous mistakes had already told him off. So, at least for now, he was good.
Jason damn near groaned when he found Haley standing outside his door, wearing a cute pair of cut-off jean shorts and a tank top. Her hair was pulled back into a messy bun and some of the strands had escaped, teasing her nape. It didn’t hurt that those glasses of hers made her look like a sexy little bookworm.
Haley smiled sweetly when she saw him. “I’m so glad you’re here!”
He couldn’t bite back the smile from that declaration. Maybe it was time to forgive her. It had been pretty funny after all and those cookies had been so damn good, not to mention that smile she was giving him made him happy.
“Brad, do you think you could give me a hand? I could really use some help from a man for a few minutes,” Haley announced, making his jaw drop.
“I’m right here if you need a man!” Jason snapped when he heard Brad struggle to bite back a snort of laughter, the bastard!
Haley blinked and then blinked again. “Oh, sorry, I didn’t think of you. I need a guy with muscle and you...” she said, letting her voice trail off while she looked him over and then shrugged. “Well, you know,” she said innocently.
