"That's because it's not my day to wash my hair. Now are you going to tell me what your problem is?"
"You're my problem," I hissed. "Or should I say B. Feather is my problem."
Jo sighed and rubbed the spot between her eyebrows. "Nolen told you." It wasn't a question. More like a statement which pissed me off even more. My friend had known and never said anything. I would deal with him later though.
"Actually Vanessa let it slip because she thought Nolen told us."
I expected Jo to be angry that Vanessa knew, but she didn't seem the least bit surprised by the information I shared. "Are you fucking kidding me?" I roared.
"What?"
I had to give Jo credit. She had no problem going toe-to-toe with me even though I probably looked like I was seconds away from ripping her head off.
"You told Vanessa as well?"
"No, I didn't tell Vanessa," she snapped. "Nolen explained her situation and asked me if it was okay that he said something to her. I wanted to help, so I let him spill the beans. Last time I checked, it was my secret to share."
I got right up in Jo's face. "Fucking secrets. I told you from the beginning I hated them, and still you kept this from me."
Jo pushed my chest, and I let her move me back. "Don't start with this secret bullshit," she yelled right back at me. "That'snot what we are. We're fuck buddies. I call you when I need to scratch an itch, and that's all."
I stumbled back at the venom in her voice even though I knew she was right. We weren't anything to each other. We had sex, and then Jo would leave. There was no cuddling. No post-sex talking. It was nothing more than two people enjoying each other's bodies when the time allowed. That was exactly how I wanted it to be. Yet for some reason, hearing her scream it in my face after finding out what a big secret she was keeping left me reeling.
"I don't know why you're so pissed anyway? You're the one who agreed to this arrangement. Would you've changed your mind if you knew what I was doing?"
That stopped me short. Would it have changed things? I was thinking the answer was yes.
"Yes, it would have."
Now it was Jo's turn to take a step back and look at me like I was the one with the secret.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me. It's really that big of a deal that I write for the newspaper and have a town blog?"
"It's not about that. It's the fact that you kept it from me but told Nolen."
"I kept it from everyone. That's why I was able to keep it hidden for so long because no one knew. And I didn'ttellNolen anything. He's just damn good at his job."
Yes, he was. He was one of the best, and I was glad to have him on my team. Even if I was pissed off at him at the moment.
I was pissed off in general and apparently horny because I couldn't keep my eyes from slipping down to where Jo's robe kept playing peekaboo with her pink nipples.
It was torture because I knew exactly how they tasted and how she responded when I sucked them into my mouth.
The noises she would make. Jo was very vocal in the bedroom or anyplace else in my house we would fuck.
With each new thought, my cock grew harder until it was pressing against the zipper of my jeans. I knew there was no way I was masking my lust, and when Jo licked her lips seductively, I was a goner.
I'm not sure which one of us moved first, but before I knew it, our lips were crashing into each other.
I pulled away enough to growl, "This doesn't change anything. I'm still mad at you."
Jo met my attitude with some of her own. "I don't give a shit as long as you fuck me."
Oh, I was going to fuck her all right. I was going to fuck her so hard she was going to wish she never kept a secret from me.
CHAPTER TWO
Jo
