he was actually concerned about my holiday.
“I did, Kevin, thank you,” I managed between clenched teeth. “And yours?” I tried to sound as polite as possible.
“Oh, we had a terrific time,” Dani piped in, swiveling her chair away from the computer. “We stayed in and had family time with movies and Wii games, and then on Monday we took the kids to Blair’s Mountain to go snow sledding and tubing. Well, baby Cam just watched of course, but the other girls had so much fun.”
The sick feeling in my stomach churned some more. Happy family time. Right. I forced a smile. “That sounds wonderful. Oh, Dani, you might be happy to hear that Henry officially asked me out. I am off the market,” I informed her. At least that was a happy thought.
Dani stood and hugged me, her giant boobs pressing into me. I wanted to cry. I really liked her. I hated Kevin. I hated Blissful. I was so confused. “Good for you, honey! Are you going to invite him to your birthday party?”
My birthday party. I had almost forgotten. Dani had offered to throw me a party at Tango, one of the hottest restaurant/bars in town. The bottom floor was a fancy restaurant and the top was a happening dance club. The two would seem to clash, but it actually worked. The reservation book was full for months, but Kevin knew somebody who knew somebody who knew the owner and had reserved the twenty-third, a Saturday, for my twenty-first birthday blowout bash.
“Yep, I’ll be sure to invite him. He’ll probably bring some friends too, if you don’t mind. His friend Peter is dating my friend Hannah. And he lives with two other guys.”
“Bring them all! The more the merrier for your special day. I remember my twenty-first birthday.” Dani’s eyes turned wistful as she thought back a whole seven years.
“Really? Most people don’t remember their twenty-firsts,” I joked, thinking about how hungover Lila was the day after hers.
“Oh, I was pregnant with Brianna when I was twenty-one. No alcohol for me on that birthday. I was about seven months along and in full-on nesting mode already. Kevin and I ordered, what was it, four large pizzas and boxes of breadsticks and after all that, I still made him drive to the store to buy me a gallon of ice cream. I was a walking cliché of pregnancy.” Dani laughed and squeezed Kevin’s hand. Tears poked behind my eyes. I hated Kevin. “Anyway, I need to get going. I have to pick up Bri from school in a half-hour.” She kissed Kevin good-bye and gathered her things, floating out the office door.
Kevin and I stood alone in the office, the first time we were face-to-face since I caught him with Allie. I was speechless. And really wanted to be anywhere but in a small office with him.
“Well, Alex, let me start off by saying that I am so sorry you witnessed what happened between me and Allie. I don’t know what came over us, but I can assure you it won’t happen again.” His words sounded fake, phony, scripted.
“That was the first time you’d ever been with her?” I didn’t believe that for a minute.
“It was. And the last. I had come here from drinking with some of my buddies and I guess I had my guard down. I had been holding off Allie’s advances for some time now, but that night she just proved too much for me. I’m devastated about it.” He hung his head, but I still didn’t believe a word he said. A man that was smacking another woman’s ass while she rode him didn’t seem like he had tried too hard to hold off her “advances.” But was it Allie that did come onto him? Or was it mutual? My head was spinning.
“What happens next?” I wanted to know. Did I have to fire Allie? Would he tell Dani and she would fire Allie?
“I’m going to keep this little discretion from Dani. She’s not in the right state of mind to deal with something like this. You see, we’re trying for another baby, and she might even be pregnant right now. The timing just doesn’t work.”
I sucked in a breath, horrified. Dani might be pregnant with her fourth baby with this cheating, slimy bastard. “And Allie?”
“I spoke with Allie already and let her know that she is to never try something like that again. She apologized immensely and agreed that she was in the