Once, Pixie would have been lured by the need to travel. Right now, he didn’t see the attraction. The only way he’d leave would be if Suzy went with him.
“It’s late, James,” Cora said. “Let Lucy have tonight with the kids. We’ll go tomorrow.”
James nodded. “Who wants security duty?”
“I’ll take it,” Pixie said. “I’ve got nothing better to do.”
He wanted to be with Suzy, and if he couldn’t do that, he may as well go and help his club.
Chapter Six
“What’s going on with you and Pixie?” Chloe asked.
“Nothing, why?”
They sat on the sofa eating spaghetti carbonara that Suzy had made.
“Please, I’m not an idiot, nor am I blind. Something is going on with you and Pixie.”
What happened to their secrecy? For nearly a year they had been seeing each other, and no one knew about it.
“You can tell me.”
“I don’t know what you expect me to say.”
“The truth. Are you or are you not a thing with Pixie?”
“Let’s talk about yours and Richard’s time away.”
“We’ll get to that. Come on, Suzy. I thought we were friends.”
“We are friends.”
“Friends share everything together.”
Twirling some spaghetti onto her fork, she took a bite, and turned to Chloe. “I slept with him.” Suzy didn’t know what she expected to feel, but relief wasn’t it. “Wow, I can’t believe I said that.”
“You slept together? Like recently?”
“No, not recently. It was a long time ago. Um, just under a year, I think.” She shoved some more food into her mouth to stop herself from speaking.
“Oh, my God, you lost your virgin card, and you didn’t tell us.”
“I lost it with Pixie.”
“So, who the hell cares? Did he make it good? I mean, that is almost a year, and you’re still fucking him. That has to be some kind of record for him.”
Suzy winced. “Thanks.”
“No, I’m serious. Pixie hasn’t been sleeping with anyone.”
“How do you know?”
“It’s me. I know everything. I kid you not, he’s not with anyone else, just you.”
“How is that possible?” Suzy asked.
“Maybe he likes the whole blank canvas thing, or maybe he likes you, Suzy.”