Page 59 of For the Win

“Major garlic.I’ll pass.”I move on to the chicken parm.

“You don’t want the Caesar salad then either, I guess.”

“That’s a no.”

“Hot date?”Jabber smirks, loading his plate with tortellini.

“Sort of.”

“The future missus?”

“Yep.”

“She know about this yet?”

“The date or the wedding?”I grin as I ladle vinaigrette over the salad which has nutritious avocado, dried cranberries, and pine nuts.

“Ha ha.Either.”

“She knows about the date.Not the wedding.Too soon.”

“Well, at least you know that.”

“I’m not an idiot.”

“Hmmm.”

I roll my eyes.“Don’t you believe in love at first sight?”

“No.”

Bellsy joins us at a table, his plate also filled with garlicky goodness.

“Did you fall in love with Everly the first time you met her?”I ask him.

He squints, pops a tortellini in his mouth, and chews.“No.She annoyed the hell out of me.I wanted to argue with everything she said.”

I grin.“I can relate to that.She was an annoying sister.”

“I think it’s a little different,” Jabber points out.“I think by ‘argue,’ he means ‘bang.’”

“Ugh.”

“Fact,” Bellsy agrees with a smirk.“What’s up with you and the yoga teacher?”

“I’m helping her take some donations to a women’s shelter this afternoon.”

They go silent and stare at me.

“What?”

“Jesus.You reallyaregoing to marry her,” Jabber says.

I shrug and spear a chunk of avocado.“You’ll see.”

Today, I’m meeting her at Prana.Once again, I don’t get to see where she lives.I’m starting to wonder if she’s in a kinky threesome with Taj and his boyfriend.Nah.I didn’t get that vibe when we were all together at the Golden Fish the other night.The important thing is that she got home safely.

They seemed protective of her, but it felt more like they were big brothers.I definitely felt they were checking me out.Hopefully I passed whatever their test was.I can only be myself, though, and if that kiss was anything to go on, pretty sure Arya likes me.

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