“Chloe?”
“Yeah.”
“Of course. What’s not to like about her? She’s so sweet, and charming, and adorable. Has she stopped by the club at all?” Grace asked.
“No. The brothers miss her.” He knew Richard did as well. The lawyer visited the playrooms at the clubhouse, stayed to watch for an hour, and when there was no sign of Chloe, he left.
“I can imagine. I’d love to come. It would be fun, and like you said, there’s no crazy stuff going down. I have to protect my eyeballs,” she said.
He laughed. “You can even bring your little ball of fluff.”
“Are you sure? We don’t want him to get away.”
“He’ll be able to wander around, and there’s an area we can pen off for him so he doesn’t walk away.”
“Excellent. Do I need to bring any food?”
“Nope, just yourself, and you don’t even need to worry about that. I will drive you.”
Grace grabbed her cell phone. “Let me just text the others, and see what they say.”
He hoped Suzy and Chloe would go. If the two didn’t go then Grace wouldn’t go.
The cell phone beeped, and she smiled. “It’s a party.”
He would have fist pumped the air, but he decided that wasn’t the right thing to do.
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“Will Pixie be there?” Suzy asked.
“Probably. It’s his club, but I doubt he’ll do anything. Have you seen him recently?” Grace asked, pulling her hair up into a ponytail. She wore a pair of jeans and a summer vest top. It was really hot as Greater Falls was experiencing one of its heatwaves. Ice cream and freezing cold soda sales were on the rise, and hot, cooked meals were not. Teri adapted her menu to suit the mood, and she even had frozen yogurt or something cold mixed in for the breakfast menu. It was delicious.
Grace tried everything that Teri made, and she had gained a couple of pounds. When she was about to join a gym, Drake had stopped her, saying if she wanted to work out, he’d help her. At six in the morning, before her shift at the diner, he was at her apartment, dressed in running shorts, waiting for her.
She always wore baggy clothes so that he didn’t see how big she actually was. They now ran in the morning together, and the more time she spent with Drake, the harder it was to put him in the friends category. They had a lunch date yesterday, and the night before that she’d had a sex dream about him, making it impossible to look at him.
“Are you okay?” Chloe asked.
Pulling out of her thoughts, she looked around the room to see that Suzy and Fluffy had disappeared. “Sorry, I was just inside my own head.”
“Did your thoughts have anything to do with one very hunky biker?”
“Maybe.” She smiled, and heat filled her cheeks. “I don’t know. This thing with Drake, I’m getting a little afraid right now.”
“Why?”
“He’s just so, I don’t know. I thought I could keep this friendship, and yet I can’t.”
“That’s the way it always is. Drake wants you.”
“I don’t want to ruin this, Chloe. I like him, and we’re friends. What if we try to do something, and I mess it up?” Grace asked.
“What makes you think you’ll be the one to mess it up?”
“I’m always the one to mess things up. I couldn’t even have a normal relationship.”
Chloe held her hand up. “Loser Dwayne did not have a relationship with you. I don’t care what you say. You’ve told me enough for me to know that he was using you. Drake, he’s nothing like Dwayne.”