Page 83 of By Invitation Only
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Booker
Carrie:Are you ever coming home?
Istared at the text message and sighed. I hadn’t slept in my own bed for almost a month, and when I did go over to grab my clothes, she wasn’t home. Therefore, I hadn’t seen much of mywife. Everything was weighing heavy on my shoulders. I thought about how I needed to work my arse off each day, how I needed to make sure Peyton was happy, and now how Carrie was basically telling me that I’d been neglecting her.
Me:Miss me?
A few seconds later she texted back.
Carrie:I have something to tell you.
That sparked my interest.
Me:What is it?
Carrie:I want to tell you in person.
Me:Is everything okay?
Carrie:Of course.
Me:Okay, I’ll talk to Peyton, and I’ll come home tonight.
Carrie:Bring her.
I blinked at the words on the screen.
Me:Bring her?
I knew she wanted to meet Peyton officially and probably apologize for being a bitch toward her that night at Sensation, but if she had something to tell me, I didn’t think she’d want to do it in front of my girlfriend.
Carrie:Yes, let’s order Chinese.
I swear these women knew nothing about my diet. While I burned an excessive amount of calories at the gym each day, I needed to go back to chicken, ground turkey and sweet potatoes. I’d put a lot of hours into sculpting my body, and I was trying to not let the women in my life make me fat. Granted I loved Peyton’s cooking. It felt like home.
Me:All right. See you tonight at seven.
Apparently, I was getting off workearlytoo.
I started to type out a text to Peyton, but instead, I decided to call her office. After going through the receptionist, Lorelei picked up the phone.
“Peyton Winters’ office.”
“Lorelei, Booker.”
“Hey, Mr. Jameson, let me put—”
“Actually, I want to talk to you.”
“Oh.”
“Peyton told me that you wanted to come Saturday?”
“Yes.”
I nodded, even though she couldn’t see me. “I talked to my mate Randy, who you met at Rick’s.”
