“Okay?” he said warily.
I wrung my hands together, unsure of where to start this conversation. He sat on one end of the couch while I perched on the arm of the other side. My mouth went dry just like it had when I heard what Rachel’s friend said.
“I’m just going to start at the beginning,” I said.
“All right,” he said, resting his arm on the back of the couch.
He looked so casual and was totally unprepared for the bomb I was about to drop. “Don’t interrupt me until I get this all out.”
He smirked. “Okay, Sienna, just tell me.”
“Yesterday afternoon, Rachel and her friend came into Sunny’s.”
Parker’s eyebrows rose in surprise.
I nodded. “I was surprised, too. So, apparently Rachel wanted me to take their order for some reason.”
“Probably because you’re her fiancé’s best friend,” Parker interjected. “She was trying to be nice, I’m sure.”
“Shh,” I corrected.
He mimed zipping up his mouth and throwing away an invisible key.
Here I was, about the wipe the smile off his face. “So, after I took their order and was leaving, Rachel’s friend said something to Rachel about Tony. She said he looked like the second guy t
hat Rachel slept with on her vacation.”
Parker ran his fingers through his hair, but said nothing.
Not the reaction I was expecting. “Did you hear me? She slept with at least two guys on her vacation.”
He stood up from the couch and shoved his hands into his pockets. “I heard you. I think you might have misinterpreted. She probably meant the second guy that Ophelia slept with.”
“No, it was Ophelia who said it to Rachel. I know what I heard.” Why was he questioning me on this?
“I don’t think you do. Rachel is a virgin.”
“Oh, come on, Parker, get your head out of your ass. She’s using you for your money. That’s all. Haven’t you wondered why she’s been holding back sex from you? She’s not interested in you or your needs at all.”
He barked out a laugh. “Sienna, I know you don’t like Rachel, but this is no way to act.”
“Excuse me? This is the truth, Parker. I came to you as a concerned friend. She’s a gold-digger. I’ve always known it, but I never said anything.”
“This is ridiculous, Sienna. I’m sorry you think you heard what you did, but I’ve been with Rachel for a year and know her a lot better than you do—”
“Are you sure you’re not blinded by her looks?” I interrupted. “She doesn’t have a job, she’s always using your money for her nails and hair, and she went on a vacation during your wedding planning. Does that sound like someone who is invested in a relationship for the right reasons?”
“If you bothered to get to know her, then you might know that’s not true at all.”
“Isn’t it?” I asked. How had this turned into a fight between us? This wasn’t my intention, and now I was losing him again. “And that works both ways. She hates me for some reason. Probably because I’m the intelligent one in our friendship. She knows if she spent two minutes with me then I’d call her out on all her bullshit.”
“I don’t think so,” Parker said. “You’ve never liked any of my girlfriends. And I’m sorry if you think Rachel is going to ruin things between us—”
“Oh my god, Parker. Are you so wrapped up in yourself to think this is all about you?”
He winced as if I’d just slapped him.
I opened my mouth to speak.