We all saw the way you two were looking at each other during the wedding. And don’t even get me started on the photo session.”
I turn in my seat to look at her square on. “And how exactly were we looking at each other?”
She grins and her eyes dance merrily. “Like you were seconds away from bumping uglies right there in a church full of people.”
“You’re full of shit,” I huff, snatching up her glass and downing the contents.
“Uh huh.” She points her finger around the room. “You ask anyone here and they’ll tell you the same thing.” She leans forward and lowers her voice. “So, have you had a second-night stand with him yet? If so, I want details.”
Rolling my eyes, I face forward again. “First, no I haven’t slept with him again.” I leave out the part where I would have slept with him last night had he not been off playing the hero to his sister’s best friend. “Second, even if I did, you don’t deserve the details. And third,” I look at her out of the corner of my eye, “just because I might want to fuck his brains out, doesn’t mean I want to marry the guy.”
“Ha!” she snickers. “So, you do want more of his man meat!”
I shrug. There’s no point in denying it anymore. The man is sex on legs. I’d have to be dead to not want a piece of him.
“Where is he, anyway?” Nikki asks.
I look around the room and don’t see Enzo. He’s been mysteriously absent for the past thirty minutes, and I wonder where he went off to. Besides the photo shoot for the wedding party, we haven’t really had the chance to be near each other, which is something I’ve been looking forward to all day.
He doesn’t owe me any explanations, nor has he made any promises, but I had hoped he would have sought me out after the wedding ceremony. Now that I’ve decided to see where whatever this is between us leads, I’m impatient to get started. I feel like a schoolgirl with her first boyfriend.
It’s kind of pathetic.
When I spot Hudson, a friend of Enzo and James, and one of James’ groomsman talking to a leggy brunette, I lean toward Nikki. It’s time I give her shit about her sex life.
“Speaking of bumping uglies, when are you going to put Hudson out of his misery and give him the time of day?”
She huffs, her eyes locked on the pair across the room. The brunette says something to Hudson, and he tips back his head and laughs. Nikki’s eyes narrow into slits, her thoughts no doubt on maiming the unnamed woman, and probably chopping up Hudson’s dick into teeny tiny pieces.
“Never.”
I scoff. She’s so full of shit. Nikki and Hudson have been playing a cat and mouse game for almost a year, since the first time they were introduced. Hudson relentlessly chases, and Nikki runs as fast as she can away from him. She wants him so badly that she’s been trying to replace him with other guys, but something has her spooked. She won’t admit to her feelings, but Juliet and I both know.
I twist my head to look at her. “What’s the deal between you two, Nikki?” I keep my voice low, genuinely curious but not wanting to set her off.
Her brows knit together, and she worries her bottom lip. Her eyes dart around, looking for something, before moving to me. “I knew him before.”
I rear back in surprise. “Really? How?”
She shakes her head, her gaze moving back to Hudson. There’s undisguised longing in her expression before the look is gone. “It was a long time ago,” she murmurs. “It’s no longer important.”
I want to ask her more, but I get the sense her lips are sealed tight. Something happened between the two, and whatever it was, it was big.
I perk up in my chair when someone enters the room from one of the doors in the back. Enzo saunters across the floor with his guitar strapped around his back. His black jacket and bowtie are gone and the first two buttons on his shirt are undone, showing a glimpse of tanned skin beneath. His shirt sleeves are rolled up to right below his elbows. He looks divine in his altered garb.
Excitement makes my stomach jittery. I’ve only ever heard his songs on the radio and seen his concerts on television, so the thought of seeing him play live sends pleasure through me.
The band