“She’s not a local. Y’all wouldn’t know her.”
“Well, she’s welcome to join us,” I offer. “The more, the merrier!”
“Yeah, I’d love to meet her,” Lexie adds.
Dana nervously licks her lips as if she’s searching for an excuse. Lately, she’s been more distant than usual, and it’s one of the reasons I wanted the four of us to get together.
“My roommate is an introvert and doesn’t like to be around a lot of people. She’s hiding from her ex-husband and is weird about letting anyone see her. It’s for her protection,” Dana explains, and Lexie gives me a look that says Dana’s full of shit.
“Oh wow, is she in some kind of danger?” I ask genuinely.
“No, I don’t think so. She’s really quiet and prefers to be around people she knows and trusts.”
The weirdness of this conversation has me narrowing my eyes. Either Dana’s hiding a fugitive or she’s making this story up to avoid hanging out.
“Alright, well, if she decides she wants out of the house, she’s welcome to come have a drink with us,” I offer politely.
“I’ll let her know, thanks.”
After that, Dana spends the next hour working as far away from the two of us as possible. The way Lexie’s acting tells me we’ll be talking about this tomorrow night.
As I get ready to leave, I open Archer’s text, and his palm wrapped around his thick cock comes into view with the message,Waiting at home for you.
Before I have a chance to lock the screen, Lexie gasps next to me.
“Was that a dick pic?” she whispers, then elbows me in the side.
“Please tell me you didn’t see that.” I cringe at the thought of my employee seeing Archer’s goods.
“Oh, honey. I saw it. Inspiring me to go home to my man right now.”
I snort, shaking my head. “Tell Brett he can thank me later.”
“I’m not stupid enough to tell him that, please. It’s not good for his ego.”
Laughing, I walk toward the front door. “Bye now!”
As soon as I’m on the sidewalk, I call Archer.
“Hey,” he answers.
“Don’t hey me! You sent me a dirty pic!”
“Yeah. Did you like it?” I hear the amusement in his tone.
“Yeah, and so did Lexie.”
“You showed her?”
“No! She just happened to be next to me and peeked over. Gave her a show.”
“Great. I won’t be able to look her in the eyes now.”
I chuckle, getting into my car and starting the engine. “Probably not, but you better have it ready for me in about five minutes when I get home.”
“Deal.”
As soon as I walk in, Sassy greets me, and I give her some attention before I find Archer in the kitchen—stripped down to his boxers.