Deal Makers (Dealing with Love 3)

She chuckles. “Am I a bad mom for being excited about that?”

She blushes when he leans over and whispers something in her ear. I have to turn away because I know he just said something dirty. I know they get it on—they have a five-year-old son for fuck’s sake—but that doesn’t mean I want to hear about it. When Brody and I originally planned this Las Vegas bachelor party excursion, it was going to be a guys’-only trip. When Riley’s parents offered to watch my nephew, Nathan, three quickly became six. The ladies are still going to do their own bachelorette thing but we plan to meet up as a group toward the end of the evening. It’s a quick trip—thirty hours to be exact—but we hope to make the most out of it.

“So, what do you want to do first?” I ask Brody, as we slowly inch up in line. “Topless pool or strip club?”

“Dude, I already told you neither of those things are happening.” He swings his arm around Rainey’s shoulder. “The only T and A that I need to see are right here.”

She laughs. “As long as you’re not touching someone else’s T or A, I couldn’t care less.”

“Nah, I’m good,” he says.

“I thought you were joking! What’s the point of going to Vegas if you’re not going to see naked women?”

“Poker,” Brody and Riley reply in unison.

“And regular pools,” my sister adds.

“What the fuck?” I grumble.

Brody shrugs as the flight attendant scans his boarding pass. “Sorry, dude.”

“These old married couples are a buzzkill,” Charlee says conspiratorially. “Vegas is supposed to be about debauchery. Getting drunk, getting tan, and wherever else the night may lead you. We should ditch ‘em and have some fun of our own.” She throws a wink over her shoulder as she enters the gangway.

I put my boarding pass on the scanner thing as I watch Charlee saunter down the corridor. When Devyn told me that she’d asked Charlee to be a bridesmaid, I knew she’d be coming on this trip. Things were a bit awkward after our make out session ended so horribly, but we’ve all moved on since. I’ve honored my promise to Brody and haven’t touched her. Haven’t even come close. To be frank, she hasn’t shown a lick of interest after storming off that night three months ago, which is probably the main reason it’s been so easy. I won’t lie and say I haven’t thought about that night many times, especially when I needed spank bank material, but I never considered the possibility of a repeat, no matter how much I like her. With the look she just gave me, I’m now thinking that this weekend is going to be an exercise in self-control.

Big time.

CHAPTER SIX

CHARLEE

Our flight was ridiculously early so it’s barely 10:00 a.m. and we have the whole day ahead of us. I watch the two couples on my right as they’re checking in. Riley and Devyn look so sweet together. I can’t help but grin as Riley brings their joined hands to his mouth and kisses Devyn’s knuckles. There’s so much adoration and familiarity in their eyes, it almost makes me feel like I’m witnessing something intimate.

As for my brother and his girlfriend, Rainey...they’re still in the honeymoon phase, I think. All lust and love and not much else. One glance at them, and you know that they’d rather be having sex with each other more than anything else in the world. If he wasn’t my brother, it’d be hot. Since he is, it makes me want to puke in my mouth a little.

“Here you go, ma’am,” the hotel employee says as she hands my credit card back to me. “Your room is ready now so you can check in early as you’ve requested. I have you on the twelfth floor, room 1208.”

I take the keycard from her outstretched hand. “Thank you.”

She nods. “Stay to the right on the casino floor and you’ll see the elevators about halfway down.”

“You all checked in?” Drew asks.

I startle when I see him standing next to me. How does such a freakishly large man manage to sneak up on anyone? Seriously, the guy’s a giant. And it’s even more obvious when he’s this close.

I hoist my bag back on my shoulder. “Yep.”

We step to the side so someone else can be helped as we wait for the others to finish. Everyone compares room numbers as they join us and find that we’re all on the same floor. All but Drew, that is.

“We should go to the pool and hang out for a while,” I suggest to the girls.

“I want to play a few rounds of poker,” Brody says.

I look at Devyn and Rainey. “What do you guys want to do?”

Rainey yawns. “I’m really tired for some reason. Would it be totally lame if I took a short nap? I can meet you at the pool after.”

Brody pulls her into him and whispers something in her ear.