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I gasped. “You wouldn’t.”
“Next time you want to have a free concert at an airport without a heads up, I would, yes.”
I snorted. He absolutely wouldn’t. I reached over and grabbed his hand, threading our fingers, and he gave me an irritated smile that told me I was only in trouble a little bit.
“I assume I’m taking you back to Luke’s,” Jeremy said.
Luke smiled at me. “Yeah, thanks.”
“And I take it you two are... good?” he asked, looking over his shoulder at us again. He saw our joined hands and grinned.
“Want me to drive?” Steve asked, nervous, like he was about to grab the steering wheel.
“Nah, I’m good,” Jeremy replied, facing the front now. But his eyes met mine in the rearview mirror. “So, Mexico was good, I see.”
I looked at Luke and he blushed.
He fucking blushed.
It made me chuckle. “Ah, yeah. You could say that.”
Jeremy almost broke his neck to look at Luke’s face, and Stevedidhave to grab the wheel. “Jesus, babe. Watch the road.”
Jeremy and I laughed, and Luke blushed some more, so I squeezed his hand and brought it to my lips. “Yes,” Luke said. “Mexico was fine, thank you.”
“Fine?” I asked. “Just fine?”
Luke rolled his eyes, and Steve turned to look at us. “So Blake, your knee. Do we want to know how you hurt it?”
“Yes, we want to know,” Jeremy said. “Spare no details.”
I chuckled. “Sorry to disappoint you, but I did it running on the beach.”
Jeremy made a face. “Well, that’s not the fun scenario I was hoping for.”
“Same,” Luke said.
Jeremy burst out laughing, and even Steve grinned. I gasped and elbowed Luke. “The fuck, dude.”
The rest of the drive was general chitchat, and it was great. Great to catch up with Jeremy and Steve, great to talk and laugh like old times.
No one mentioned Maddox, and I was kinda glad.
I knew I had to speak to him, to clear the air.
To apologize.
But I wanted to get home first. I needed to decompress first, get my thoughts in order. Get my life sorted out.
My phone beeped with a message. I normally ignored itall, but the name caught Luke’s eye. He shot me a quick glance before he pulled out his phone too.
Our sexual health blood results.
I read through mine, gave him a nudge, and whispered, “Houston, we are clear for launch.”
He grinned, showing me his screen. “Confirm that. T-minus as soon as we get home?—”
“What are you two whispering about?” Jeremy asked.
