How to Marry Your Frenemy - London Casey Page 0,78
you are,” Liam said. “That’s why you have no energy for the gym today.”
“Are you done yet?” I asked.
“You two should come out with Miranda and I,” Liam said.
Cole laughed. “Really?”
“Why not?” Liam asked.
“I think we’re good,” I said.
“A marriage is more than just wild sex,” Liam said.
“You’re not even married yet,” I said.
“And your sex life is already down the toilet,” Lincoln said.
“Hey, fuck you,” Liam said to Lincoln. “You have no idea what goes on between Miranda and I.” Liam looked at me again. “Come on, Jackson. Double date. Tonight. Just grab dinner with us.”
“Why?”
“Why not?” Liam asked. “Take her out on a date.”
“Why date her when he’s already fucked her?” Cole asked. “He gets to skip the boring stuff.”
“That’s a great point,” Lincoln said.
“Do what you want,” Liam said. “It would be a favor to me. Things with Miranda have been… stale. I could use the moral support.”
“You want me and my pretend wife to show up for moral support?” I asked.
“Yeah,” Liam said.
“You know what? I like it. I’ll be there. Excuse me, we’ll be there. Me and the old ball and chain, okay?”
Liam nodded. “Thanks.”
I patted his shoulder and walked out of the locker room.
Sometimes I really had no idea what Liam was thinking or doing. But if he needed me there for a dinner with his fiancée, then I would be there. I had never went out with him and Miranda because I wasn’t the type of guy to date.
At least this time, I could be there.
Now I just had to convince Callie to go along with me.
“Absolutely not.”
Callie walked from the kitchen and I stepped into her path.
She moved right around me.
I spun around and grabbed her perfect hips and pulled her back against me.
“Come on, sweetie,” I whispered as I lowered my mouth to her ear. “It’ll be fun.”
“How is a fake date fun?” she growled in a voice that made me want to rip her dress off and put her on her hands and knees on the floor and get behind her and…
“We can be over the top with the pretend stuff,” I said. “Make them feel uncomfortable. We can order the most expensive food and drinks and then stiff Liam with the bill.”
Callie turned her head and looked at me.
“No,” she said.
She kissed my chin and walked away.
She walked toward the bedroom and made sure to reach back and unzip her dress before entering her bedroom.
When she shut the door, I hurried through the apartment after her.
“Callie, just listen to…”
I grabbed the doorknob and twisted.
It was locked.
She locked me out.
She was getting undressed.
I couldn’t see her.
I made fists and put my head against the door.
“Are you naked right now?” I asked.
“Mostly,” she said. “Why?”
“You locked the door.”
“That’s because I’m not some dessert in a display case.”
“We both know you like the way my tongue tastes the dessert,” I said.
“That was weak,” Callie called out.
I grabbed the doorknob again. The door was still locked.
I walked away from the door and sat down on the couch.
My eyes didn’t leave the door.
When it opened, Callie stepped out in jeans and a t-shirt.
I gritted my teeth at the sight of her.
Her hips were made for jeans. And her chest was made for t-shirts.
“Are you pouting?” she asked.
“No. I wanted to be there for my best friend. He’s going through some stuff. And it would look good for us to be seen out on a date.”
“You get to sit there and talk to your best friend. And I get to meet new people.”
“You like meeting new people.”
“Only people who can make me money.”
Damn, she was beautiful and vicious at the same time.
“Okay. Whatever.”
Callie walked toward me. “Look at you right now. You don’t get your way and you turn into this.”
“I’m not turning into anything,” I said.
“Yes, you are, Mr. Pouty.”
I looked up at her.
She walked close enough to me that she bumped her knees into mine.
Then she slithered forward and climbed onto the couch, slowly straddling me.
My hands wasted no time in grabbing for her ass.
She put her hands to my shoulders.
“You really want me to do this, Jackson?” she purred.
My hands cut under her shirt and touched smooth, warm skin.
“Yeah,” I said. “It’s all for the bonus, sweetie. Right?”
“Right,” she said.
She lowered herself down and gently rocked her hips forward and back.
Just once and my dick set off like a goddamn tornado warning.
I tried to suck in a breath without her seeing.
I didn’t exactly like that I got so hard so fast because