There was something bittersweet about the two of them together, and for a second time, Lily had to mentally pull away. She walked into the kitchen and spied Mac’s cell on the counter. Grabbing it up, she punched in Jake’s number, and he answered on the second ring.
“Draper, what the hell? I’ve been trying to get hold of you for the last hour.”
Lily made a face. Ten guesses as to what Jake wanted to discuss with Mackenzie. In some ways, she prefer
red having no one who really gave a damn about her.
“I’ll make sure to pass that along.”
She thought that maybe Jake fell off of something because there was a whole lot of cursing and then he must have stubbed his toe because the cursing moved to a level of epic she hadn’t heard in a good, long while. And then the barking started.
Jake must have closed himself into the bathroom or something because all of a sudden there was nothing.
“Shit, Lily. Sorry. I—”
“Did you fall out of bed?”
“What?”
“Bed. Did you fall out of it?” She moved back to the window, her eyes on the two boys down near the water.
“Yeah. Stubbed my fu…my damn big toe, and it’s not funny.”
“I’m not laughing.” She was too distracted to laugh.
Jake cleared his throat. “So you’re with Mac.”
“Yeah. I’m at his place.”
There were a few moments of silence. “Okay,” he said quietly.
“Is it weird for you?” she asked, suddenly curious.
She could picture the wheels turning in Jake’s mind and leaned against the sofa, balancing her butt on the edge as she continued to watch Mac and his nephew.
“No. I mean, kinda.” She heard him exhale. “Look, it’s none of my business.”
“You mean Raine told you that it was none of your business.”
“Well, yeah, but…”
“But?”
“I can’t help worrying that this is gonna go south. You both mean a hell of a lot to me, and I don’t want to see either one of you hurt.”
“We’re not kids,” she murmured.
“No,” he said quietly. “You’re not.”
“I need a favor.”
“Anything.”
“I need you to come get me.” Silence filled her ear. “Jake?”
“Ah, sure. I can do that, but where’s Mac?”
Her eyes were still on them, and Mac had moved into the boathouse, Liam following in his wake. Her throat tightened, and she took a moment to answer.