no wonder he gets laid so much. The guy has charm.
“Fine,” I sigh. “If we get a solid plan in place, I’ll consider coming.”
He pulls back and fist pumps the air. “Yes!”
“But if I see Tazen, I can’t be held responsible for how I’ll react.”
“I promise to hold you back if you try and de-nut him.”
I laugh. “I knew you were an amazing friend.”
He chuckles.
“Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get to it. We have a lot to do.”
He hooks an arm through mine. “Yes, we do. Including picking a smokin’ hot bikini for you.”
I roll my eyes. Men. We are going to a car race and all he can think about is a smokin’ hot bikini for the few hours we might get to spend by the pool at the hotel.
“I thought you didn’t want to see my uneven breasts?”
“Hey,” he says casually. “Breasts are breasts.”
“You’re sad.”
He snorts. “Never denied it.”
“So tell me what poor girl is in your sights right now?” I ask as we walk.
“No one special.”
I nudge him with my shoulder. “Is there ever going to be anyone special?”
He huffs. “Doubt it.”
“Why?”
“Because relationships are too hard, I’d much rather just get laid.”
“Well, at least you’re honest.”
I smile. What would I do without Jace?
CHAPTER FOUR
The sound of someone banging on my office door causes my head to jerk up. I’m neck deep in paperwork and trying to cut costs anywhere I can until we’re back on our feet. I look up to see Matty leaning against the door frame, arms crossed over his chest. He gives me a warm smile, and I return it, though mine is probably flustered.
“Hey, Matty, what’s up?”
“Just letting you know the car wash is ready to go for Thursday.”
I give him the warmest smile I can muster up. I do this because I don’t want him to see just how scared I am. The car wash might make us a couple thousand dollars, which is super helpful, but it isn’t enough to even get us close to getting the big money by the time the end of the month rolls around. Right now, my prayers are going towards a business donating to help us out.
“That’s awesome, thank you,” I finally say.
He studies me. “Jace says you’re going away with him this weekend.”
I purse my lips. “Yes, that should be interesting.”
“It’ll be good, I think you’ll have a blast. I don’t even want to know how he managed to get those tickets out of Tazen, though.”
“That man has a special kind of charm.”
“He really should look at a profession as a gigolo.”
He bursts out laughing and I can’t help but join in. When we both stop, his face is warm. “Good to hear you laugh, Quinn.”
I swallow the lump that forms in my throat. “Well, let’s just hope things get better and we get a whole new world of chances for laughing.”
His eyes grow warm. “I hope so, for all of our sakes.”
“Me too, Matty,” I sigh. “Me too.”
* * *
“Cars?” I ask.
“Check!” Lenny calls out.
“Wash buckets?”
“Check.”
I run my finger down the paper. “Soap and washers?”
“Check.”
“Men in sexy bikinis?”
All of them frown and I burst out laughing. “I guess that’s a check.”
I came up with the idea to make the car wash a little more entertaining by having the guys dress in bikinis. They aren’t too thrilled about it, but it’s funny and it will bring in the girls. We’re doing it on the main drag, and any normal car wash won’t catch people’s attention. This one will. So, I went out and brought some cheap bikinis, including one for myself, and broke it to the guys.
The only one who seemed on board with it was Jace. That didn’t surprise me. Even in a bikini that man could get lucky.
“I’m too old for this shit,” Oscar mumbles.
“Aw, come on now,” I croon. “You’ll look stunning in your bikini.”
“I love you, Quinnie, but right now I’m tempted to give you a good spanking.”
I giggle softly. “But it’s because you love me that you’ll do this.”
I glance down at my watch. “One hour to go, guys, let’s get everything ready. Are all the signs set up out front?”
“All done,” Matty says.
“Then go and get your sexy on,” I say, biting my lip to stop myself laughing.
“You’ll suffer for this, young lady,” Lenny scoffs.
“Yeah yeah,” I say, waving my hand and walking back into the garage to gather the last of the supplies we will need for the car wash.
Half an hour later, I’m