“So?” Blake’s lips pull to one side.
Scratching at my head, I half-tease, “I know you hate math, but this math isn’t that hard.”
Blake rolls her eyes. “What I mean is maybe you don’t have to choose.”
I rear my head back. “Are you suggesting I cheat? They’re friends. That secret wouldn’t last one second.”
“No,” Blake shakes her head. “I’m talking about a group thing.”
“How would that work?”
“That’s something you’ll have to talk about with them.”
“And what if they aren’t open to that?”
“Then you choose one of them or none.”
“I don’t know.” A heavy exhale escapes my lungs.
“Think it over with my two main men—Ben and Jerry.” Blake holds up the ice cream, and we dig in. Around a mouthful, Blake says, “As a refresher, what’s our motto?”
I squint, recalling the various tenets we live by. “Food you don’t have to make yourself always tastes better.”
Blake rolls her eyes. “The other motto.”
I scoff. “Trust but verify with a Google search and a background check.”
Blake gives me a single nod. “Good. Now, have you done the research?”
“Umm…” I give her a half smile.
“Oh my God! Have I taught you nothing?” She sets down the ice cream in her lap and waves her hands around erratically. “Always, always do your research.”
“I’m not a super sleuth.” My hands lift in a helpless shrug.
“Phone,” she demands with her hand palm up.
Fishing my phone from my purse, I cough it up.
“Alright. Names,” Blake requests as she taps away at the screen.
“Rory, Luke, and Hunter.”
Blake looks at me unamused. “First and last names.”
“I only know Hunter’s last name is Reed,” I confess.
Blake freezes as her hands drop into her lap. “As in Nate Reed?”
“Possibly.” My lips pinch.
“You’ve been holding out on me. You’re dating your ex’s dad and his friends? Fucking get it, girl!” Blake lovingly shoves my shoulder. “Okay, back to sleuthing.”
Rattling off the details I’ve picked up on, I fidget with my hands in my lap. “I know that they have money. Rory owns Onyx, but they have a different business that they all own together.”
Blake gasps. “Holy shit.”
“What?” I bob my head forward.
