“I do. No pretenses. No fear. No trying to be agreeable for agreeable’s sake. Means I know where I stand.”
“You’re standing on the edge of pissing me off for not telling me what you know.”
My head still hurts, but I’m smiling at him as I say it, and he’s actually laughing.
“What in the—oh my god. Are they hosting GrippaPeen people?” I whisper.
Because that’s suddenly the thing that makes the most sense.
Why everyone thinks it’s hilarious and Theodidn’t think they’d comeand no one wants to talk about it.
He made his money doing nude videos for the site, and he’s one of their most famous success stories. The last video he posted, though, he told the world his penis was now for one woman and one woman only, and that statement made him into a complete legend.
Rhys is smiling so wide it might break his face. “Guess you’ll have to wait and see.”
24
KEEPING MY SECRETS STRAIGHT
Rhys
The triplets crashthe cabin for Monopoly and stay until almost midnight.
Margot lets herself go and wipes the table with them because of course she does.
Their mistake in suggesting Monopoly.
But it’s fun to watch the four of them interacting, especially knowing Margot’s not hiding much of who she is tonight.
“Worst game ever invented,” Jack mutters as they leave.
“Worse than worst,” Decker agrees.
“What’s that word, Mr. Writer Dude?” Lucky says. “You know all of the words, so you must know that one too.”
He’s the only one of the three of them who was completely amused by Margot’s tactics.
Thought it was cute that a housekeeper from Des Moines could be a shark at Monopoly.
But all three of them hug her, clearly easily forgiving her for what she’s done to their pride tonight.
“Lucky’s going to hate me most,” Margot says after they’re fully gone.
I distract her from worrying about it by tossing her over my shoulder and taking her to the bedroom.
I’m barely conscious when she leaves for work Sunday morning, though I’m not far behind her when I arrive at the retreat center.
I’m not scheduled to work, so I claim I wanted to soak up the vibes of the place while off duty as my excuse to keep an eye on her.
Not that it’s necessary.
Only three guests are left to check out, and no one else is coming until Tuesday.
Completely clearing the place out before a bunch of people who make money by being naked on the internet show up.
She gets off work early, and I treat her to a steak dinner at the cabin.
The way she moans over it has me hard so fast it feels like I got punched in the gut, and I decide I like eating her for dessert better than I like any sugary confection I might whip up.
