“I’ll follow your every step,” I said.
“How about we go to my place, drop my car off, and then we can just grab something to eat as we walk to the park? There is a plethora of food trailers near my condo.”
Motioning with my hand, I replied, “Perfect. Lead the way.”
MY LIPS TINGLED from Nash’s kiss. Hell, my entire body felt like it was on fire. The moment his lips touched mine, I felt something I’d never felt before. All thoughts of telling Nash the truth slipped from my mind, at least for now. I was going to tell him what I had been withholding. Sooner rather than later. A fear crept into my thoughts.
What if I told him and he hated me? I had been keeping it from him, and now we were moving things to another level. I needed to come clean with him.
Peeking into the rearview mirror, I saw his handsome face. Good Lord, the man was hot. His dark hair was a mess from my fingers sliding in it. His face had a scruffy, unshaven look that should make him seem unkempt, but it didn’t. Instead, it screamed sexy and I couldn’t help thinking about how it would feel on my every part of my body.
“Ugh. Stop this, Kaelynn!” I scolded myself. Hitting the button on my car, I spoke again. “Call Millie.”
It only rang twice before my younger sister answered. “Hey! What’s up?”
“Hey. Not much, how are you?”
“I’m amazing. It’s snowing here and I’m getting ready to go Christmas shopping for the Make-A-Wish tree at Justin’s job.”
I lifted my brows. “Things with you and Justin are going good?”
“Never better.” She sighed. “Kaelynn, he knows how to treat me. In all ways . . . if you know what I mean.”
Giggling, I replied, “I can safely guess.”
“Other than that, I’ve just been working at the office and trying to help Mom plan her New Year’s Eve benefit dinner at the country club.”
My mother put on a benefit dinner every year, with all the proceeds going to a different charity. She always made each event successful and raised a ton of money for every charity she took under her wing.
“Mom and Dad left late last night. I forgot to ask her what charity she was doing this year.”
“Shriners Hospitals for Children.”
I smiled. “She loves that one.”
“Yeah, she does. What’s up? How are things going in Texas? Any hot cowboys you want to take a ride on?”
She laughed as I rolled my eyes. “Well, as a matter of fact.”
“Shut up! Oh my gosh, spill the beans.”
Glancing into the rearview mirror again, I saw Nash laughing. He was either talking to someone or listening to something on the radio.
“It’s Nash, Morgan’s older brother.”
Millie didn’t reply for a few moments. “Your best friend’s brother? That could either be a good thing or a really bad thing.”
“Morgan’s not going to care. As a matter of fact, she would probably be the one handing me a condom and pushing me into the bedroom. I sort of pointed Nash out to her before I knew it was her brother. Then things got . . . weird between us, but now we’re going to give it a shot.”
“Weird? Like how?”
I drew in a deep breath. “Where to start? Okay, so Nash dated this girl, Lily. She was super wealthy.”
“Okay. You stopped talking like I was supposed to know what happened next.”
“Right, I forget I never told you. Well, Lily cheated on Nash with this guy she worked with at her father’s company. Morgan said she liked this guy for two reasons: he was kinky in bed and he had money.”
“Is Nash poor?”