Page 23 of Should've Been Us
“Because those things totally go hand in hand.” Lulusnorted.
“He wants him some Lulu. Bad. You can’t tell me you really haven’tnoticed.”
“I haven’t because you’rewrong.”
“I’m not wrong. I’m never wrong about these things. Well, hardly ever. He hasn’t so much as glanced at another woman on this beach allday.”
Lulu frowned, “That can’t be true. Amberwas…”
“All over him like white on rice? Yeah. And what did he do? He told her that he already had a partner and dragged you out there to play with even though you pretty much fought with him abouteverything.”
“I didnot…”
“You did.” Sierra cut her off, “It was like watching two kids on the playground pulling each others hair when the teacher wasn’t looking just to have a reason to betouching.”
Lulu started to deny it and then paused. No. It wasn’t true. She didn’t even like Connor. He annoyed the hell out of her. They did nothing but argue. He couldn’t stand her either. He was always on her case about Derek and if it wasn’t that he was finding something else to fight with her about. Other than calling her beautiful this morning, which had been a total anomaly since they’d gone right back to fighting, they didn’t have a kind word to say to eachother.
Sierra wasdelusional.
“You dumped water on him for no reason I can fathom, except that you wanted to see him all wet andsexy.”
“I dumped water on him because he made a gross frat-boy remark that I refuse to repeat even to vindicatemyself.”
“Was it about sex? I bet it was about sex. Because when he looks at you, it’s right there in his eyes. That’s all he’s thinkingabout.”
“You’re crazy.” She took another long drink from her margaritaglass.
“Oh, definitely.” Sierra shrugged, “But I’m the fun kind of crazy and I’m one hell of a matchmaker so humor me. If you get the chance, and I’m willing to bet you get the chance soon, you jump on that pogo stick,Lulu.”
“Oh my God!Sierra!”
“In my experience it’s only the rides you don’t take that you end up regretting and that, my dear, is some first class wisdom I’m sprinkling on you like your very own fairygodmother.”
Lulu laughed because she didn’t know what else to do. Sierra was funny. She was funny because she wasdelusional.
There wasn’t anything between Lulu and Connor. Not the kind of thing Sierra was talking about. It was tension but it wasn’t sexualtension.
Did she sometimes catch him staring at her mouth? Sure. Did she sometimes find herself mentally undressing him? Occasionally. But he was ridiculously good looking so she couldn’t be faulted for that. Just like she was certain his fascination with her mouth was due only to the fact that she didn’t use it to kiss his ass like most of the women heknew.
Lulu bit her bottom lip and watched over the rim of the margarita glass as Connor headed back towards them. He had a volleyball tucked under one arm and he was grinning that wide, dazzling grin of his at some buxom blonde that was trotting along beside him. Lulu snorted and sipped at her drink, ignoring the twinge of annoyance shefelt.
It wasn’t because of what Sierra had said. It wasn’t because for the first time all day she wasn’t the one he was smiling at and teasing good-naturedly. It was just the simple fact that the man attracted the dumbest, most obnoxious kind of women on theplanet.
Big Boobs McGee would be no exception she wassure.
“Still think you’re right?” She rolled her eyes at Sierra but the other woman only laughed inresponse.
“Oh, I know Iam.”
“He literally picked up anotherwoman.”
“All the better to make you jealous, lovely. The sun might’ve turned you pink but I’m sensing a little bit ofgreen.”
Lulu laughed, “Oh shut up. I am so not jealous of one of his bimbogroupies.”
“Because you know it’s not really her he’s interestedin?”
“No. That’s not it.” Her laughter fell away and she shook her head, pulling her gaze away from Connor and the other woman, refusing to acknowledge that anything Sierra had said was making her doubt everything she knew about herself. “Please, change the subject. I don’t want to talk about thisanymore.”
