Page 71 of Fit for Love

“What’s his name?”Mom asks when I’m done.

Leave it to Mom to zero in on the trickiest part of the tale.

“Ashton,” I say.“He was a groomsman at the wedding.”

“Oh,” she says, imbuing the word with all sorts of meaning that one doesn’t want to discuss with a parent.“Is he cute?”

“I have to call more people now.”

“Please thank Ashton for me,” Mom says.“And tell him your father and I want to buy him dinner.”

Yeah.No.“Gotta go.”

I hang up and call Emma to get her up to speed.With her, I skip the part about Ashton’s involvement.If she were to tell me that Marcus is searching for Ashton, I’d fess up, but men being men, Marcus probably hasn’t noticed his friend has been radio silent for the past two days.

“What about your flight?”she asks.

I sigh.“Missed it.Will have to figure something out.”

“That sucks.And I don’t think Marcus’s plane is?—”

“Don’t even,” I say.“You’re on your honeymoon.Just relax.”

“Okay…”

“How is that going?”I ask, smiling into the phone.

“Amazing.Fiji has the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen, and the resort is out of this world.”

I grin mischievously.“Shouldn’t you be singing praises to Marcus’s cock?”

Bubba darts me a glance but says nothing—clearly still impressed by his “conversation” with Ashton.

“I was trying to keep my reply appropriate for the spa, which is where I am,” Emma says, and I can almost see her pale face turning pink.

“Say no more.I’ve got to go anyway.You’ll tell me all the juicy deets some other time.”

Before she can protest, I hang up and call Cameron.

“Hey, sis,” he says.“Mom told me you’ve been located.What happened?”

I give him a brief version of the story without mentioning Ashton.

“Very interesting,” Cameron says when I finish.“Anything else you want to share?”

Crap.“Such as?”

He chuckles.“All Mom talked about was your new boyfriend.”

“Is that right?”I squeeze the phone tighter.

“Oh, yeah,” Cameron says, and I can just see him smirking in that infuriating way of his.“About how he saved you and all that.Odd that you didn’t mention him at all.”

“Ashton is not my boyfriend,” I say, and see Bubba raise his bushy eyebrow.He clearly also has an opinion on this.

“Who is he then?”Cameron asks.

“Emma’s new husband’s friend,” I reply.

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