Page 33 of Pieces of Us
“Never said anything about Linc.”
“There were only four guys in tuxes last night. One was with me, two were with their wives. That leaves only one.”
I shut the water off. “Hand me a towel, please?”
I reach my arm out from behind the curtain, and she hands me a towel. “Glad you two finally admitted how you feel. It’s been painful to watch you push him away when he’s practically in love with you.”
My hands stop as I drag the towel over my face. “He’s not in love with me. And there are no feelings. It was just sex.”
“Yeah, okay.”
I wrap the towel around myself and step out. “We’re just friends.”
“Are you that oblivious?”
“It’s Linc, he doesn’t do ‘feelings’. I thought you and Audrey said he’d be the perfect possibility for a hook up?”
“That was before you two started spending so much time together. Do you really not see it?”
“You’re crazy, G.” I drop my towel and grab my underwear. “I assure you, it was just sex.”
She shakes her head and lays the bowtie on the vanity in front of my face as I tug on my jeans.
“I can’t wait to see how this goes down at breakfast.”
Gigi and I walk into the hotel restaurant and see Linc and Marcus sitting at a table across the room. Marcus sees us and waves. Linc looks up from his plate and our eyes meet for a brief moment before he looks down again.
“Good morning. You guys look like a couple of rays of sunshine,” Gigi mocks.
“Don’t judge us until we’ve had more coffee.” Marcus forces a smile. We’re all a hot mess this morning.
Gigi sits beside Marcus, so I pull out the chair next to Linc.
“Good morning, Linc.” I smile at him as I pour a cup of coffee.
He keeps his eyes on his plate, shifting his eggs around. “Hey, Mel.”
I catch Gigi watching us, and she raises an eyebrow.
“How was your night, Marcus?”
“Good. Most fun I’ve had at a wedding in a long time.”
“It was so much fun. I can’t believe it’s all over, though. All that work, and in the blink of an eye, it’s done; they’re married.”
He nods. “At least you and Linc won’t be running around with endless tasks anymore.”
Linc’s fork stops moving.
“Yeah, I bet Linc is relieved about that.” I scoff.
He sets his fork down and picks up his coffee cup. “Yeah, and I bet you’re probably relieved you don’t have to hang out with me anymore, huh?” He chuckles like he made a joke.
“I don’t know about you, but I’ve had fun the past couple of months.”
He just nods, setting down his coffee.
I glance at Marcus, and he shakes his head like I should move on from the topic. Oh, God. Does he know we slept together last night?
