Page 92 of The Bluffing Game

“Why would you ask that?” I choke on my words and feel myself blushing.

“Because he asked me if I could look after Toby tonight, and he doesn’t normally say he’s going to be gone the entire evening.”

I immediately look down at my hands balling in my lap.

“What is going on?” Lucia asks. “Please tell me you and my brother are not … you know.”

“Oh my gosh, are you and Dalton doing the dirty?” Rosie says loudly.

“Guys, I don’t want people to hear you.”

“So, that’s a yeah.” Rosie looks over at Lucia, and Lucia squeals.

Lucia opens the door. “Izzy, get in here,” she shouts.

“Lucia, what are you doing?”

“I’m sorry, but we don’t have secrets from each other, and this is too big of news to not share.”

“What is it?” Izzy comes running into the room. “I’m just serving a three-top. Is everything okay?”

“Sage and Dalton did the deed.”

“No way,” Izzy screams and starts jumping up and down. “Was it amazing? I bet it was amazing, but I guess she can’t say it was amazing because Lucia is his sister and she⁠—”

“I’m not going to say anything. This is really weird and really awkward.” I grin. But it was kind of super-duper amazing.

“Oh my God.” Lucia rubs her eyes. “I don’t want to even think about this. I’m going back to work, but also, I don’t even know what to say. We need to talk later.”

“Okay.”

Lucia and Izzy walk out of the break room, and then I turn my attention to Rosie. “So, there’s one secret out, you know?”

“What, that you and Dalton had sex?” She laughs. “I could tell.”

“What do you mean, you could tell?”

“Because you’ve been smiling and he’s been smiling. I keep seeing you texting, and every time I look at your phone, you’re trying to shield the screen, but I saw his name several times. I was just wondering when you were going to tell me.”

“Oh, Rosie, why didn’t you say you knew something was going on?”

“Because I don’t really know what’s going on, and I don’t know if you know either, because I do still see you swiping on the app, even though I see you texting more. What is going on between you and him?”

“I don’t know. We haven’t really discussed anything. He knows I’m looking for a husband, and I know he’s looking for nothing, and so right now, it’s just fun.”

“And you’re going to see him tonight?”

“Yeah, we’re going to go dancing, and then he is going to take me to a hotel.”

“A hotel? Why?”

“Because Lucia’s going to be babysitting Toby at his house, and obviously, I can’t bring him back to our place, and so …” I shrug.

“Oh my, so are you no longer looking for a billionaire then? What’s the deal?” Rosie asks me suspiciously. “Because you told me that I should not be interested in Brett.”

“Because, again, Brett? We haven’t even seen him. We don’t even know what’s going on with him, and it’s not like he was interested.”

“I know, but maybe he would’ve been interested if I’d flirted a bit more.”