“And I ...sleptwith Simon.”
“And?”
“What do you meanand? That’s it.”
Spencer’s eyebrows arched slowly. “And?”
“And nothin’,” she told him, stabbing the lettuce.
Violet could feel his eyes boring holes in her head. It was only a matter of time before he wore her down. How he did it, she didn’t know. She often accused him of having some kind of Jedi mind trick abilities.
She huffed, staring at her salad. “And I might’ve kinda sorta maybe…” She lowered her voice to a whisper. “Caught thefeelingsflu.”
“Girl! What. The. Fuck?”
•••••
Spencer Elliott wasn’t sure he’d ever seenhis best friend blush quite so profusely.
It made sense. The woman was in love. At least, that was how he translatedfeelings flu, which she and Elana were fond of calling it.
And eventhinkingthat was odd because Violet Anderson did not do love. Ever. The woman was so anti-love, he thought for sure she’d become the proverbial cat lady. He liked to tease her that she was well on her way.
Violet stabbed her fork in his direction. “Don’t you dare sayI told you so.”
With a smile, he held up his hands in mock surrender. “I told you so.”
She groaned.
He laughed.
“So. How was the sex?” he asked casually.
“Insanely hot.”
“Really?”
That was new. Violet rarely ever had a good thing to say about her sexual encounters. Most of the time, she glossed over them as though they never happened.
“Plenty of orgasms?”
“Orgasms abounded,” she declared, waving her fork in a circle.
“Well, that’s good news. You were due.”
“Shut up.”
“How long’s he hangin’ around?”
Violet’s attention remained on her salad. “I don’t know. A week. Two. He’s not sure.”
“Is he workin’ on a story?”
“He’s lookin’ into one,” she said, her tone returning to normal.
“Well, I’m happy for you, kid.”
As it always did, calling her that caused her to laugh. They were the same age, with her being almost nine months older. She liked to tell him she’d been born before he was even a twinkle in his daddy’s eye. And he preferred to groan with disgust because the last thing he wanted to think about was any twinkling going on between his parents.
