Текст книги "Avoiding Commitment"
Автор книги: K. A. Linde
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He seemed to ignore this fact as his hands crawled up her shirt and cupped her breasts through the red lace bra she had put on before coming over. His head moved towards her skin as he pulled down the bra, and grasped her nipple between his lips. She gasped at his forwardness, but didn’t disapprove. Actually, whatever he was doing with his mouth was working. Groaning, she wiggled her hips in appreciation. While his tongue began working on her other breast, his hand snaked underneath and unclasped the bra.
“And this,” he said flicking his tongue across her hard nipple, “isn’t crossing the line?” Her eyes snapped shut, back arching at the delicious feel of him. All thoughts of stopping had completely left her. She had come this far. She wasn’t sure if she could stop him even if she wanted to. And she didn’t want to.
“I don’t think you’ll need this,” he said pulling her shirt over her head, and tossing it along with her bra to the floor.
She couldn’t believe herself. Here she was, all but nude, on Jack’s bed. Her practically see-through thong hardly covered anything, and her skirt seemed to be on just for show. It wasn’t really preventing anything.
“You know I think you look more beautiful now than I’ve ever seen you,” Jack said moving to kiss her on the lips. She breathed him in. Everything about him turned her on. The way he had so easily riled her up; the way his lips and tongue had turned her to jell-o. She couldn’t imagine what it would be like if he went farther. Her body liked that thought, and she could feel her thong begin to soak through. Really was there a point for her having it on? She couldn’t remember.
She hadn’t even realized that her hands were digging into his back until he pulled back to strip off his shirt. Her gaze fell on the perfectly toned abdomen muscles. Instinct made her reach out and trail her fingers down his six-pack enjoying the feel of each solid muscle. He groaned as her hand reached his waistline. She ran her thumb underneath the hem of his jeans across the sensitive portion of skin.
Jack reached out and laced his hands in hers, then forced her back against the bed roughly pushing her hands above her head. “We’ll get there later,” he said, teasingly pushing his erection against her as he bent forward and kissed her ear. An even louder gasp escaped her lips. “This is about you. Me making things up to you.”
She closed her eyes again and lost herself in the feel of his hands running down her arms, across her breasts, along the line of her stomach, catching the curve of her buttocks, and then teasing her thighs with his fingertips. She let loose a moan as he unexpectedly nipped at the inside of her right leg, spreading it open wide.
“Jack,” she moaned as his mouth moved up her left thigh successfully spread-eagling her legs in front of his face.
“Yes, dear?” he asked his finger trailing the line of her thong.
“Oh, Jack,” she gasped feeling his finger get replaced by his tongue.
“Mmm hmm?” he asked his breath hot against her lace thong only increasing the wetness across the flimsy material. “Do you want me to keep going?”
She wasn’t sure if she could handle this any longer. God, she wanted him so bad. She had wanted him to do this for a year. The sexual build-up was killing her. She knew her body was already so close to release that if he so much as laid one finger in her she would be gone.
“Lex,” he moaned pressing his thumb gently against her clit.
“Yeah...yes...um...yes?” she asked, her body tightening at the feel of the pressure on such a sensitive area, even through her thong.
“You didn’t answer,” he said relieving the pressure briefly. “Do you want me to keep going?”
She wanted to say no, to push him away and run out of the house. Or at least, she knew that’s what she should want, but she didn’t. She wanted him to keep going and not to stop until she was spent. Lexi found herself nodding. Then realizing he couldn’t see her with his face buried in her crotch, she finally uttered, “Yes.”
“Yes?”
“Yes, I want you to keep going.”
“You’re sure?”
“God, please, touch me.”
Ever so slowly, he hooked his finger under the thong and began to massage her clit in a circular fashion. When she began to buck her hips against the immense amount of pressure, he removed her skirt and thong, and threw them to the floor. As soon as they left his hand, he dove down and began flicking his tongue against her clit in short, quick, back-and-forth motions. Her legs began to shake from the exertion of holding them open, and allowing him to have his way with her. Her body began to overflow with pleasure as she got closer to climax. He rotated between licking and sucking motions enjoying the taste of her all over his mouth. His fingers appeared and slid between her lips opening her up fully to him. She pushed her hips up eager to meet his fingers that were positioned over her moist opening.
Instead of fingering her like she so desired, he ran his fingers across the wet sides of her lips hitting each sensitive nerve perfectly. Her back arched and she let loose a low moan, feeling her body reaching all new heights. He was drawing out her pleasure, knowing that each touch was sending her farther and farther over the edge. He was increasing her bliss by prolonging the time until her climax, waiting until he allowed her to orgasm. When he knew she couldn’t take it any longer, he inserted two of his fingers directly into her. He felt her instantly clench around him, causing his erection to harden even further in his jeans.
Lexi began laboriously panting as she felt her climax take over her body. Jack’s fingers were working in a come-hither motion on the inside of her sending her over the edge. She moaned even louder, only just resisting the urge to scream in delight.
Her legs were shaking convulsively by now as he removed his fingers and swiped at his mouth. “I’ve wanted to do that for so long,” he said leaning forward and kissing her. “And damn, do you taste good.”
She blushed at his words. Even after what had just happened, sexual references still made her blush. This made her giggle. She felt euphoric.
“Damn, Lex, you look cute like that.” He assessed her naked form. “You should always be naked around me.”
She blushed even deeper. “Come here,” she commanded snaking her arms around his neck and pulling him in for another kiss. “I want you,” she moaned against his lips.
“You want me?”
“Inside of me. Now.”
She didn’t have to say it twice. He quickly undid his belt and tugged his jeans to the ground. Lexi smiled sweetly at his blue boxers covered with tiny yellow fish. He tore those off as well and repositioned himself over her. It was his turn to pant while his erection hovered only inches above her soaking wet opening.
His crystal clear blue eyes bored into her as he got ready to meet her. “Are you sure, Lex?” She could tell it was taking every ounce of self-control he had not to just shove himself right inside of her, taking her for his own. Every inch—yes, every inch—was hard-pressed and ready to go.
But was she sure? She hadn’t been sure the whole time. In fact, the only thing she had been sure of was having the most amazing orgasm she could ever imagine. She wanted him inside of her, but something was nagging at her. If she went ahead and slept with him right then and there, like her body was begging her to do, there would be no going back. Maybe if they stopped where they were, she would be able to recover from what happened, but not after sex. Sex was final.
“Lex, you’re killing me here. I want you. I just need to know if you are sure this is what you want.”
She sighed heavily, her hands coming to cover her face. “Oh Jack, it’s what I want.” He sighed happily, and moved himself so that the tip just barely touched her. He then shifted his hips to rub it up against her gently. She moaned at the feel of him, and then pushed herself away. “But I can’t,” she whispered sitting up against the headboard.
She watched his face fall as he realized that she wasn’t going to go through with it. But he wasn’t going to pressure her. If she said no, then he was going to be okay with that.
He rolled over to the other side of the bed and lay back against the sheets. “I just want to make everything up to you. If you don’t want to go further, that’s okay,” he finally said after his breath began to even out.
Lexi hopped off the bed and quickly began throwing on clothes. “Actually, I don’t think you should make it up to me.”
“What?” he asked, concern written on his face.
“Jack, I have a boyfriend. I can’t believe I just did that.” Guilt washed over her.
“But you said it was okay.”
“I know I did. You didn’t do anything wrong. You asked me if it was okay. I was wrong for not stopping you.”
“No, Lex, you weren’t wrong,” he said joining her on the carpet and grabbing her hands in his.
“I was wrong. I can’t be around you, Jack.”
“This is something you want though.”
“Not while I’m with someone else,” she said, lifting her face to meet his. Tears were welling in her eyes and she quickly wiped them away. She was so ashamed of herself. “I just have to go.”
“Lexi, please, don’t run out like this,” he said tugging on his boxers and jeans.
“I can’t be around you,” she yelled, hating herself for raising her voice when he had done nothing wrong. She just wanted to crawl into a hole. She felt like such a creep. How could she go on? How could she live with herself? She had been so lost in the moment—in him—that she couldn’t even think straight. She couldn’t process that she was ruining her life by being there with him, by letting him touch and kiss her like that. No matter how wonderful it had been, the guilt she was feeling was so much worse.
“Don’t beat yourself up about this,” he whispered to her as she threw her purse onto her shoulder and moved towards the bedroom door. “I don’t want you walking out the door and never talking to me again.”
“Jack, what I feel for you...I can’t feel like this when I have someone else. I’m not supposed to be this person. I’m not supposed to do these things. You have to understand. You’re too much for me.”
“I can’t understand that. We’re right for each other.”
“But not right now,” she said, hollowly repeating his own words. Her brown eyes glanced up and met his. “Isn’t that right?”
“No,” he said reaching out for her. “Right now is right.” She backed away not wanting to be touched by anyone, especially not him. All she needed was a scalding shower and a few nights of repentance. Thank God, Spencer wouldn’t be back for a couple days. Maybe by then he wouldn’t notice.
“No, Jack,” she murmured shaking her head. “I’m sorry. I can’t be around you.”
“Lex, come on.”
“No,” she stated firmly. “I’ll miss you.” Her words came out weak.
“I don’t want to miss you again. I want to see you more. I want us to hang out. God, I want us to finish our movie.”
She shook her head adamantly. “I shouldn’t have come over. I knew this was going to happen. I’m such an idiot. I can’t resist you. Good-bye,” she said reaching out and giving him a fleeting kiss before yanking the door and rushing out of the room.
When she reached her car, she let the tears flow. She pulled out of his driveway nearly blinded by tears.
How had she thought that this could be some innocent night?
How could she lie to herself about what she was doing?
CHAPTER 7
PRESENT
The coffee shop Bekah chose for them to finally have their conversation in was delightful. In some ways, it reminded her so much of the place where she and Jack had first met. It wasn’t well-lit, and there were so many people milling around that it seemed damn near impossible that they were going to find a table. On the other hand, the establishment was huge. Unlike chain and small town coffee shops, this place had three stories and took up an entire corner of a building. Lexi never bought coffee at places like this. For her, it lost the cozy atmosphere with the size.
Meandering through the densely populated shop, they went on a search for an unoccupied table. Lexi veered away from Bekah hoping to spot an available table in the opposite direction.
Jack had dropped her off outside the coffee shop after brunch. He had complained the whole way back about having to wear a tie, and had ditched her as soon as they arrived. He claimed he would be gone only as long as it took for him to change. She was pretty pissed that he had left. After all, he was the whole reason for this stupid conversation.
She didn’t know if it made it easier or harder knowing that Jack wouldn’t be hearing everything she said. On the one hand, she would be able to speak more freely about their relationship, because she wouldn’t feel constrained by his memories. But at the same time, she might be more convincing if Jack was there to back her up.
“Lexi?” a voice called out to her.
She turned in a half-circle hoping to find Bekah finally seated at a booth. She just wanted to get this over with. But Bekah was nowhere to be found. She heard her name called again, and this time she recognized the direction of the voice. Turning slowly, she stopped and gawked at the person who had called out to her.
“Oh my God! Krista is that you?” Lexi asked rushing to hug the petite girl who had once been her gymnastics captain in college. “I hardly recognized you.”
“Yeah, I get that a lot,” she peeped standing to accept the embrace.
“Your hair…it’s all one color…brown,” Lexi exclaimed in awe. “And who would have guessed anyone would ever find you in a business suit!”
“Not in a million years,” she said adjusting her silky v-neck blouse to reveal a bit more cleavage.
“I thought you were in Vegas. When did you move back to Atlanta?” Lexi asked enthusiastically. Krista giggled. The girl actually giggled holding out her left hand to reveal a huge diamond surrounded by four others on a white gold band. “Oh wow, that’s beautiful.” Lexi stared transfixed at her ring. The rock was enormous. Lexi didn’t believe anyone actually wore diamonds that large out and about, but Krista always liked to catch people by surprise.
“I got married last winter. My husband’s company has an Atlanta branch. He knew how much I loved it out here so he relocated. I’m working with an interior design company. It’s kind of dull but the hours are flexible. If they weren’t, I’d quit that shit and go fulltime at the gym. We’ve got some amazingly talented girls. Last year, we had one make it almost all the way through the Olympic trials,” she explained.
“That’s amazing!” Lexi exclaimed truly happy for her friend.
“So, what are you doing here, missy? I’d heard through the grapevine that you were in fucking New York City,” Krista said her green eyes glimmering.
“Yeah, I am. I’m just here visiting a friend.” Lexi paused remembering that Krista and Jack knew each other. “Actually, I’m visiting Jack. Uh…Jack Howard.”
“Holy shit! Jack fucking Howard. Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in awhile. I thought you two would be married by now. Run off together or something,” Krista noted.
Lexi blushed. “Um…no.”
“Damn. You always seemed like a perfect pair to me,” Krista told her. She watched as Lexi’s complexion colored even further. “So where is he?” she asked her head swiveling hoping to catch a glimpse of him. “He’s so delicious. I’d love to see him again.”
Lexi laughed remembering why she had always liked Krista. She was so straight-forward and vulgar. It was refreshing. “He actually just dropped me off. I’m here with his…” Lexi trailed off realizing that she had been standing here for awhile and had completely lost Bekah.
“With his what?” Krista asked curiously.
“Uh…hold on.” Lexi pivoted trying to look through the crowd, but she was too short. She couldn’t see anyone.
“Who are we looking for?” Krista asked scanning the throng of people.
“There you are. I’ve been looking everywhere for you,” Bekah stated calmly as she walked towards them from the opposite direction of where they had been searching.
“Yeah. Sorry,” Lexi stated awkwardly turning to face her. “I just ran into a friend.”
“What a coincidence,” Bekah said turning to face Krista. “Bekah Bridges.” She extended her hand formally.
Krista took it, but glanced at Lexi conspiratorially. “Krista Hammond.”
“Pleased to meet you,” Bekah replied properly. “Wait. Hammond?” she asked eyeing her appearance. Krista nodded, one eyebrow arched perfectly. “Any connection to Hammond, Stern, & Birch?”
Krista’s eyes narrowed. “That depends,” she muttered. Krista, always blunt, asked her, “Who the hell are you?”
“Beg your pardon?”
Lexi stepped in. “Krista, this is Jack’s girlfriend. That’s what I was going to tell you. I’m here with his girlfriend.”
Krista stared blankly from Lexi to Bekah and back. “You’re dating Jack?” she asked Bekah. “Jack Howard?”
“That’s right.”
“Not Lexi?” Krista demanded.
Lexi wanted to cover her face with her hands. This was not going to help anything.
“Well, no,” Bekah said confusion crossing her face.
“I already told you Jack and I aren’t together,” she reminded Krista.
“I’m sorry. How do you know a Hammond?” Bekah snootily asked Lexi before turning to Krista, “And how do you know Jack?”
“I used to fuck one of Jack’s friends,” Krista said nonchalantly at the same time as Lexi announced, “We were on the gymnastics team together.”
The look Bekah shot Krista was a mixture of disdain and confusion. Lexi figured she wasn’t used to being around such crudeness especially not from someone who had a name she recognized. This just reminded Lexi why she couldn’t stand being around Country Club types.
Bekah shook her head letting her golden blonde hair swish around her face. A bright smile appeared out of nowhere. “Well, it is so nice to meet another one of Jack’s friends,” Bekah said adapting to the situation. “Perhaps we could get together sometime,” she offered. “You know coffee or lunch. Whatever works best for you.”
Krista glanced at Lexi. “Yeah, maybe.” Lexi could read her expression clear as day. No chance in hell.
“So, just out of curiosity, are you in any way related to Matt Hammond?” Bekah nosily asked.
“Yeah, we got married last winter,” Krista told her showing off her massive ring.
“Ahh,” she said admiring the crystal clear cut. “Well, this is a small world, isn’t it? I’ve known Matt since childhood. He actually used to be a pretty good friend of my brother’s even though he spent the majority of his time in Las Vegas. I’d heard he had just gotten married and was in town running his daddy’s company. My apologies that I couldn’t attend the wedding.” Bekah smiled sweetly. “Will you tell him that I said hello and that he needs to visit.”
Krista had one eyebrow arched. “Sure thing,” Krista said diplomatically. “Hey, Lexi, I’ve really got to be going. It was great seeing you. If you can, you should stop by the gym,” Krista said wrapping her in a hug. Just as she got close, she whispered in her ear, “How is Jack with her?” Lexi giggled finding it hard to believe herself. Krista slipped her a business card, grabbed her brown paper cup, and made her way towards the door.
“Well, that was interesting,” Bekah said rubbing her finger around her pearl earring.
“Yeah, I guess,” Lexi said standing awkwardly now that the comfort of Krista’s presence had dissipated.
Bekah turned to face her. “I heard what she said you know.”
Lexi stared at her uncomfortably. She wasn’t sure which part Bekah was referring to, but with her luck it had to be the part about her and Jack. “Uh...what?”
“That she figured you and Jack would be married,” she stated simply.
“Uh huh.” Lexi wasn’t sure what Bekah wanted her to say. She hadn’t seen Krista in years, and after all, Jack was the reason that she knew Krista in the first place.
“I just want you to know that I don’t think any less of you.”
Lexi gawked at her. “Um, what?”
“I mean, that girl was so vulgar. I have no idea how Matt... you know what? Just never mind. Let’s not go down that road,” she said running her French manicured finger nails through her pin-straight hair. “I just want us to be open and honest with each other. I heard what she said about you and Jack and it made me a little uncomfortable.”
Lexi could tell Bekah was waiting for her to say something, but she didn’t know what she was supposed to say. So Bekah had eavesdropped on their conversation? Lexi didn’t give a shit. She had told Krista that they weren’t together. She and Jack had never been together together, in fact.
“Well, now that that’s out of the way,” Bekah chirped. “I found us a table.”
Lexi had no idea what to think of this girl. She was all over the charts. She wanted to be completely honest one minute, and then her best friend the next. Lexi wasn’t sure if she could handle this anymore.
Lexi plopped down in the booth. She twirled her hair around her finger several times before shoving it carelessly behind her ear.
Bekah faced Lexi. “I think we got off on the wrong foot.”
Lexi forced a smile. “Why do you say that?” Lexi could have given a million reasons why she could never...would never like this girl. She still wanted to hear what Bekah thought on the subject.
“It’s just...we were supposed to get this over with in the morning, and then I half-dragged you to meet my family. I just don’t want those things to cloud your view of me,” Bekah said twirling her earring again.
“Oh...um, ok,” Lexi said noncommittally. Sure the Country Club experience made being around her more difficult. However much that bothered her, nothing bothered her more than just the plain fact that she was dating Jack. This girl, who seemingly had nothing in common with Jack, this girl, who he hadn’t even wanted to date to begin with, this girl, who was practically forcing him to propose to her so she wouldn’t be cut off from daddy’s money, was who he had picked over her. Somehow, she just didn’t think their friendship could recover from that.
“Well, either way, I suspect you know why Jack asked you here,” Bekah said smiling sweetly.
Lexi fixed her with a blank stare. Was this girl serious?
“But I just…I really don’t want this to be awkward, you know?”
Lexi didn’t know. She already thought this was awkward enough.
“So, I thought we could just get to know each other a little bit. I mean, I know I wouldn’t confess…or tell a perfect stranger about my past, especially not my love life.”
“I have a hard time talking to anyone about my love life,” Bekah said easily blushing at the statement.
“Uh huh,” Lexi finally added in.
“It’s just that I make a good judge of character. Jack obviously liked you at some point.” Lexi couldn’t even form words for that statement. “Ramsey seems to know and like you. Though, he isn’t exactly the best judge of character...or the best character, but regardless. I mean not to mention, you put up with Jennifer for at least a year, and nothing short of a miracle can make a person go through that.”
Lexi’s mouth dropped. “You don’t like Jennifer?”
Bekah’s crinkled her little nose. “She’s a little much for my tastes.”
“But I thought Ramsey said you were friends.”
“Friends is such a loose term. Our parents are friends so she was always...around,” Bekah said shrugging her shoulders. “What I’m saying is that I know nothing about you.”
Lexi hated how sincere Bekah was being. She was supposed to hate the girl. She was supposed to think she was an annoying Country Clubber like everyone else, and go home with a semblance of closure. “Yeah, I don’t really know anything about you either,” Lexi admitted.
“Right. Well then, tell me about yourself, Lexi,” she said immediately returning to her diplomatic demeanor. Lexi hadn’t exactly been prepared for the shift. “You don’t mind me calling you Lexi, do you?” Bekah asked politely, her smile strained at the edges.
Lexi returned her fake smile. “That’s my name.”
“Oh, of course. I didn’t know. I thought, perhaps, it was a nickname of some sort. I’ve never met a Lexi before.”
“Well, it’s sort of a nickname. Birth certificate says Alexa. I never much felt like an Alexa though, if you know what I mean,” Lexi said trying to fall back into Bekah’s more personable character.
Something about her statement must have worked, because this time Bekah’s smile was sincere. “Yes, I think I do. I’ve never felt much like a Rebekah. Now, please, tell me about yourself. Jack has not said a word about you besides that you went to college together and as soon as you graduated you zipped right off to New York City. Of course, I know some other things,” she said her eyes shining mischievously. “But as a whole, he has left you a complete mystery to me. And I do love solving mysteries,” she commented folding her arms across one another at the table.
Lexi didn’t even know where to begin. She knew that Jack hadn’t told Bekah about her in the beginning, but he hadn’t told her that Bekah knew nothing about her. How awkward! He hadn’t even bothered to prep Bekah with the basics about their um…relationship even after Kate had run her mouth. So, thus far, Bekah had only heard terrible things about her. Great!
“Um...well, what do you want to know?”
“Just, whatever you want. It’s up to you. I can tell you a little about myself if you like.” Lexi just stared at her. Bekah, taking that as an affirmative, said, “I graduated summa from Duke with degrees in business and psychology. Let’s see. What else? I currently work for my father as a Senior Vice President of Bridges Enterprise. He wanted Ramsey to run the business, but well...Ramsey always has his own ideas about things. I’m sure there’s more, but I’d really like to know about you.”
“Oh, well, I’m at NYU Law, about to start my third year. I worked all summer at a criminal law firm in the city. Anyway, that’s really about it,” she said.
“I’ll be the one to judge that,” Bekah stated. Lexi smiled weakly. “Did you want to go into criminal law or did you have something else in mind?”
“Oh, I’m really not sure,” she told her honestly. “I’ve been doing a good deal of alternative dispute resolution cases in class. You know mediation, arbitration, and negotiations.” Bekah nodded along even though Lexi wasn’t sure she knew what she was talking about. Though if she had been raised in a Bridges household, then maybe she did. “But a part of me wants to go into a big corporate firm working seventy hours a week making a ridiculous amount of money. I don’t know why. It sounds awful, but once I do that, I really think I could do anything.”
“Hmm…interesting. I would have pinned you more as environmental law or public interest work.”
Lexi laughed heartily. “Um…no. It’s not that I don’t care about those things. I just couldn’t see me concentrating in anything like that.”
“Well, if that’s what you’re into,” Bekah said with a shrug. “Oh…hold on. There he is.” Bekah waved at a tall, lanky, disheveled looking man who immediately veered towards them.
“Rebekah,” he said as she hopped out of her chair. He gathered her up in a hug. “You look fantastic. You’re not in here enough. You need more coffee for that stressful job of yours.”
“You know perfectly well that it’s not stressful. And anyway, I don’t really drink coffee, Connor,” she reminded him.
Connor was over six-feet tall with wiry brown hair and dull brown eyes. He’d obviously had acne problems when he had been younger. His nose was a bit too large, but it kind of fit him in a strange sort of way. He wore brown corduroy pants with a faded green coffee-stained, deeply wrinkled button-up, and tweed vest. This was not someone that Lexi would have ever in a million years pictured Bekah knowing let alone hanging out with.
“Oh, I’m so rude,” Bekah said tearing her eyes from Connor. “This is Jack’s uh…friend, Lexi. Lexi, this is Connor. He owns the coffee shop.”
Lexi was able to put the pieces together. Bekah seemed to only know people who were important enough for her. If this guy owned the shop, then he must be rolling in money, even if his appearance didn’t give that away. “Nice to meet you.”
Connor took their orders and let them know that the drinks were on the house. As soon as he left, Bekah got right back to business. “So, I don’t really know where to begin with you, to be honest.” Lexi didn’t know what that meant. “I had a plan when I talked to Danielle and Kate.”
Lexi rolled her eyes and then let them wander around the shop. She had completely tuned out what Bekah was saying. It’s not like she really wanted to talk about this. She just wanted to get things out of the way.
“Did you hear me?” Bekah asked, touching Lexi’s arm lightly.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I spaced out.”
“I just asked how many serious boyfriends have you had?”
“Well, two since high school.” Hearing the words out loud really made Lexi want to crawl into a hole. She hadn’t thought about the fact that she hadn’t had a serious boyfriend in so long. Sure, she had dated, and she had been in strictly uh…sexual relationships, but she didn’t count those. So her number still stood at two. Two guys in six years. Pathetic.
“So one other than Jack?” Bekah asked lacing her fingers together.
Lexi swiftly glanced up trying to read Bekah’s expression. Was this girl clueless? “Um…no. Jack and I were never together.”
Bekah narrowed her eyes. “What are you talking about?”
“You already met Jack’s two serious girlfriends: Danielle and Kate.”
“Right,” she said leaning forward in her chair. “But ya’ll were together. I mean I talked to Kate.”
Lexi blushed at the accusations that were clear in her tone. “I wouldn’t believe everything Kate told you.”
Bekah twirled her earring contemplating what Lexi had just told her. “I realize Kate is probably biased to a degree. But she said that ya’ll were together so I just took her word for that. I’m sorry.”
“I’m not sure why you’re sorry. You claim to know nothing about me. And anyway, it’s an easy thing to misconstrue. You heard the conversation I had with Krista. I haven’t seen her in years, and she thought Jack and I were together. But it simply isn’t the case.”
Connor reappeared with their drinks. “Okay. So you and Jack weren’t together.”
“Nope.”
“I guess that clears up why he didn’t tell me about you,” she said under her breath. Lexi decided to just pretend like she was deaf. “So, how did ya’ll meet?”
