His laugh said exactly how foolish he thought she was being. “Doubtful.”
Oh, this was about to get interesting. Evie was focused and driven. She hated to lose, and she’d told me Logan was the same. I could sense the challenge coming.
She sat perfectly still as his lips skimmed over her neck, trailing kisses. “You seem awfully sure of yourself, Logan.”
“If I wanted you to break your rule, we know I could get you to do it.”
She pulled even further back from him. “Oh, do we? By all means, boss, go ahead and try.”
Logan took a deep breath. “You sure?”
“I’m sure you’re overly confident, yeah.”
“All right, Evie.” Logan smiled. “Challenge accepted.”
chapter
FOUR
Saul parked the limo in front of a liquor store, and we left our blindfolded friends in the back while Dominic and I hurried in to pick up drinks.
“Champagne, whiskey, and rum,” Dominic said to the clerk when we entered the tiny shop. He whipped out his wallet a second later and retrieved his credit card.
“What’s the rush?” I asked.
“Gotta hurry before Evie caves and they’re fucking in the back of the limo.”
I latched a hand on Dominic’s forearm, stilling him. “Evelyn. And what the hell makes you think that’ll happen?”
The card was swiped, a receipt signed, and he hauled the paper bag of bottles into his arms. “Because I know Logan. He plays to win.”
“Yeah, well, so does Evie.”
The sapphire eyes sharpened on me. “Sorry, she doesn’t stand a chance, but you want to make it interesting?”
My gaze narrowed to match his. “I’m listening.”
“If Evie reverses her rule before, I dunno, say sunrise tomorrow . . .” Dominic’s jaw ticked as he seemed to assemble the thought in his head. “You call your parents and try again to get a dinner or something between us worked out.”
I groaned. Of course. “I don’t know why you’re making a big deal out of that. Seriously, you’re not missing much with my folks. I have to force them to make time, you really want to spend two hours with people who don’t want to be there?”
His expression was fixed. “Do I want to meet my in-laws before the wedding? Yeah, Payton, I do.”
“Fine. And if Logan breaks the rule and asks to have sex?”
He yanked open the shop door and held it for me. “Name your terms, devil woman.”
What did I want that Dominic wouldn’t give me freely? There was nothing. Sure, I’d like to skip the whole big wedding, but no way in hell was I going to deny him that. Then the thought formed in my mind. He’d been resistant to one request I’d made . . . “You and I have lunch with Joseph this week.”
We strode toward the limo, and tension tightened Dominic’s broad shoulders. Normally, I liked his possessiveness over me, but not where Joseph was concerned, because Joseph was my friend. A good friend. Yes, we’d fucked a bunch of times, but it had been empty sex for both of us, and stopped the moment Dominic walked into my life.
“Okay, you got it.” Dominic tugged open the limo door. “But just know, you’re gonna lose.”
Really? I glared at him, but didn’t bother to respond, and slid into the backseat. “What the fuck are you doing? Hands to yourselves!”
Evie and Logan scattered like teenagers caught in the act by parents, and Evie let out a nervous laugh. She probably thought I was kidding and giving her a hard time, but I was serious. The way Evie talked about kissing Logan made it sound like he could get her to do almost anything. Pre-Dominic, I thought she was crazy. Now I sort of understood.
Fuck, I did not want have to call my mom again.