“I have you both booked in the honeymoon suite, but Josh won’t be staying in there tonight. ”
I spun around and stared at Jenny in shock. “Why?”
Jenny laughed. “Tradition, sweetheart. Y’all can go one night without seeing each other. I promise!”
“Has anyone told Josh this? I’m pretty sure he won’t be happy with this arrangement. ” I was secretly thanking the heavens that Josh and I’d had sex right before we left.
Jenny smiled as she glanced over at Josh. “Yep, Aaron is telling him right now. He’ll be staying in our two-bedroom condo with us tonight. ”
I turned and peeked at Josh. His smile faded as he shook his head. Aaron slapped him on the back as they began walking into the hotel. I smiled at Josh and shrugged. If I know Josh, he’s already thinking of a way to get to me tonight…and that is fine by me!
I looked up and saw Gunner’s truck pulling up with Jeff and Ari right behind hi
m. I jumped up and down as Ellie, Ari, and Jessie all jumped out and ran over to Jenny and me.
“Holy hell! We have to get you caught up on so much!” Ari said.
Gunner walked by and rolled his eyes. “Holy shit. For the last two hundred miles, all I heard were three girls doing nothing but bitch and put curses on poor Scott Reynolds. ”
When Ellie turned around and glared at Gunner, he must have realized what he’d said wrong.
“Did I say poor? I meant, that dirty, rotten bastard, Scott Reynolds. ”
Jeff started laughing as he walked up. “Speak of the devil. ”
I turned to see Scott pulling up. Jessie and Ellie grabbed my arms, and we started to head into the hotel.
Ari called over her shoulder, “We’re going for a walk on the beach, boys! Behave!”
After Jessie filled me in on everything that had happened with Scott, my heart was breaking.
“Then, to top it off, we ran into Chelsbitch this morning at the gas station,” Ellie said with an eye roll.
“Did you just call her Chelsbitch?” I asked with a laugh.
“Yep! Anyway, that bitch walks up to Jessie and says, ‘Thank you so much for leaving last night. Scott and I were able to catch up…if you know what I mean. ’ Ugh! I wanted to punch her in the throat!”
When I looked at Jessie, she was attempting to smile, trying to show she wasn’t bothered by it all, but I knew exactly how she felt. Been there, done that.
“Jessie, I thought he called you and said she left?”
She shrugged her shoulders. “He did. He must have tried calling until four in the morning. ”
I took a deep breath. “From my experience with the ex-bitches, they lie out of their asses. I find it hard to believe he would call you until four in the morning if he was having sex with Chelsea. ”
Jessie’s eyes lit up just a bit.
Ari nodded in agreement. “You know, Heather is right. If he was calling and texting you, I highly doubt that she was there. ”
I looked back to the hotel and saw Josh walking down toward us. The smile on his face took my breath away.
“It’s amazing how they can keep doing that, isn’t it?” Ellie said.
I glanced over at her. “Do what?”
“Take our breaths away with just a smile. ”
I looked back at Josh as he was making his way over to us.