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“What? Did you get it on in the bathroom?” I was halfway kidding, although with Tori, you never knew.
Tori rolled her eyes. “For fuck’s sake Ev, I have a little more class than that!”
I eyed her expectantly.
“He took me back to his hotel, a very nice hotel I might add.” She gave me a shit-eating grin and went back to sipping her iced tea as though we were discussing our plans for lunch the next day, rather than her doing it with some guy she just met at a club hours before. Before I could say anything else, she continued, “You didn’t even let me tell you the best part!”
I braced myself.
She set aside her iced tea, and her smile grew as she looked at me for a moment. “I’m seeing him again tomorrow, and you’re going to meet him too!”
“I am?”
She nodded. “And, his equally hot friend, Ryker.”
I arched a brow at her. “Tori,” I whined.
Tori grabbed my arm and tugged it playfully. “Come on Ev! It’s one night out, it won’t kill you.”
“It might.”
She laughed. “You watch the news too much. It’ll be fine. Seriously, Ev, you’re gonna thank me. Ryker is tall, dark, handsome and I know he could rock your world!”
I swept away from the kitchen, knowing that if I stayed, I was likely to blow up on her. Tori knew I wasn’t looking to date anyone, and that I really wasn’t looking to meet some random club guy. If I was going to ever slow down to try and find my Prince Charming, it certainly wasn’t going to begin with a manhunt inside a sweaty nightclub.
A blind date, with a friend of the guy Tori was currently playing around with wasn’t my idea of a good time.
Not even close.
“Ev! Where are you going? Don’t you want me to tell you about him?” Tori asked, chasing after me.
I stopped in the hallway and turned around to face her. “Not really, cause I’m not going! Sorry, Tor, you’re just gonna have to make an excuse for me.”
Her blue eyes went wide, gawking at me like a blue bird from a Disney movie. “Everlie, please? Bennett and Ryker are good guys! They’re Navy SEALs! We’re doing a service to our country!”
“That might be the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever said to me,” I replied, not blinking.
Tori rolled her eyes. “All right, fine. I’ll call Chelsea or Monique. I’m sure one of them can come.”
“Perfect.”
I went down the hall to my bedroom, and had nearly gone inside, when Tori added, “Ryker’s gonna be pretty disappointed though. I showed him your picture and he really wants to meet you.”
“You what?” I whipped back around to face Tori, who was trying—and failing—to hold back a smile.
“Well, Ryker wasn’t too thrilled about the whole blind date thing either, I’m telling you Ev, he’s perfect for you! Anyway, when I showed him your picture, he changed his mind and agreed to come along.”
“Really?”
“Mmhmm.” She was still smiling at me, and twirling a tight, red spiral curl around her finger, as she watched my wheels spinning. She’d played her last card, and as much as I hated to admit it…it was working.
“And what would this date consist of? I’m not going clubbing.”
“Oh no, no! I insisted on first class all the way! They’re taking us to Vivacite, that fancy new French place,” Tori purred.
Shit. She knew she had me. I’d been dying to try that restaurant since it opened a few months back. However, I’d heard that an appetizer cost more than I made in a day working as an instructor at a non-profit ballet school for underprivileged children. I loved my job more than anything, but working for a non-profit left little wiggle room in my budget for expensive dinners or other small luxuries.
“So…?” Tori prompted.
