Chapter 6
Sawyer wiped the sleep from his eyes as his phone dinged from the side table.
With a wide yawn, he stretched an arm beyond the warmth of the covers, grabbed the device, and tried to focus on the screen through squinted eyes. The name on top had him seeing clearly in a blink.
Betzy:I really need to talk to you. Mind meeting me at the clubhouse today?
He might have been half-asleep two seconds ago, but Betzy’s text was a double shot of espresso. She didn’t have to specify which clubhouse. In LA, the place to be was the Benton Brother’s Clubhouse.
Sawyer:I don’t mind at all.
Understatement. His phone dinged again.
Betzy:Great. 12:00 lunch in private cabana #3. See you then?
Sawyer typed out a reply.You said private. Does that mean clothes are optional?
Betzy:You can come however you’d like. Just don’t expect me to be naked.
Hmm. She didn’t take the bait. Normally, Betzy was more…flirtatious. He was just playing after all.
Sawyer:Fine. Then don’t expect me to be naked either. I’ll be the one in the turtleneck.
He waited for her reply. Maybe a laugh-cry face or an LOL.
Nothing.
A dose of irritation pushed through him. He shoved off the blankets, flipped onto his back, and stared up at the ceiling. What exactly did Betzy have in mind—some sort of business venture?
He hoped not.
A tap came to his door.
“Come in,” he hollered.
The door creaked open, and his mom peeked in.
“Hey, you. How’d you sleep?”
“Awesome,” he said. “I’m not used to hearing crickets at night. I love it.”
She grinned. “Want to come to the gym with me?”
It was that moment Sawyer remembered that Mom was dating someone. “WillTedbe there?” he asked, lifting his head off the pillow.
Mom held his gaze for a blink, then grinned. “Yes…”
“Can I arm wrestle him? If he loses, he can’t date you.”
“He won’t lose.”
“Tsk.” Sawyer shook his head. “I’m buff, Mom.” He flexed to prove it.
“Yeah, but he owns the gym. And he lifts, like, ten times a day.”
“You’re dating a meat head?”
At once she hurried into the room toward the bench at the foot of the bed. He wasn’t sure why until she picked up a throw pillow and tossed it at him.
