“So we add the criteria of ‘uninvolved’ men,” Roxie said, sinking against the backrest in a full body sigh.“Ballard thought I was propositioning him once.”
“Ballard thinks you’re propositioning him all the time,” her husband returned.“A lot of what you say sounds like a proposition.”
“‘Cause she talks about sex so much.”
Roxie gasped at Tripp.“Says Kettle… Remember when Ogilvie asked to see me naked?”
“Yeah, I almost decked the guy,” Zairn said.“After all this time, you’re still never careful with that mouth.”
As Roxie’s smile slunk up, Zairn paused in his mixing to meet her eye.And, okay, she was seeing something she absolutely shouldn’t be seeing.
“Maybe I need a lesson on how to behave, Husband.”
“Are we going to get on with this shit?”an impatient and unimpressed Knox asked.
Roxie sat up straight, linking her arm through Tripp’s.“Sourpuss.”
“Options?”Tripp asked, getting serious.
He looked weird frowning.She’d known him less than a day, but it unsettled her.
“A tell-all,” Knox said.“We bring in Woo—”
“Crosby is my friend,” Roxie said.“If you’re going down that route.”
“Crosby is a nobody.”
Zairn approached with a tray of drinks.“Crosby is not your friend, Lo.If you keep saying that to people, I’m going to lock you in the dungeon.”
“You keep promising me this dungeon, Lover.”Pushing back her shoulders, Roxie took a drink from the tray as Tripp did the same.“When do you plan to deliver?”
He glanced back over his shoulder at his wife as he distributed drinks to the rest of them.“Tell me Crosby’s your friend one more time.”
It was nice to see Tripp relaxing, resting back to enjoy his drink.“Crosby wants to sleep with you, Rox Out.”
“Because he wants the story,” Knox said.“You’ve got to watch that guy.”
“I’m watching, I’m watching,” Roxie said.“I assume the rest of you are thinking Keller.Is Kesley in town?”
“Yeah,” Zairn said, snagging the armchair.“We don’t need her.”
“We talk of guys who want to sleep with Rox Out and dismiss Kesley who would honestly slit Roxie’s throat if she thought it would get her Zairn back.”
“It’s not my fault his mechanics are faithful,” Roxie declared.“Kesley loves me.She’s my sister wife.There’s just a slight sex imbalance.And we do need her.We also need that hockey guy who loves my ass.”
Tripp’s laugh was kind of a scoff.“That narrows down the list.”
“Myles Gesner?He got traded.”
Roxie wasn’t quick to accept that.“Was he really or are you just saying that because he likes my caboose?”
“That’s my caboose to stare at,” Zairn said.“And he can be traded… I’ll make a call.”
“A tell-all,” Knox announced tossing a glare at Roxie.
The beauty held up a hand.“Okay, we need a timeout.”She handed her drink off to Tripp and stood up to offer Knox her wiggling fingers.“Caucus time.”
Knox didn’t hesitate to get up and join their hands to disappear down the stairs.Silence hung for a second.
