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Glancing in the rearview mirror, I glimpsed Kinsley perched on Finn’s lap.
“Hands where I can see them, Finn.”
At my warning, Finn raised his hands in mock surrender, sending me a wink that had me shaking my head.
“Your girlfriend’s ass is bony,” he teased.
“Hey! It is not,” she protested, delivering a well-placed elbow to his ribs. “Here’s a bone for you.”
“Ow, woman!” Finn’s complaint was met with a pinch to Kinsley’s side, causing her to let out a shriek.
“Cut it out, you two!” I tried to maintain some semblance of order, my focus splitting between the road and the chaos unfolding in the backseat.
“I swear there was a better joke in there, Kinsley. Bone—”
“Shut up, Grady,” Kinsley cut him off.
“So, what kind of bar are we talking about here?” Grady shifted the conversation.
“Oh, it’s great.” Noah turned to face the back. “They expanded the place to have live music, a dance floor, and even a mechanical bull.”
The thought of a bar filled with cowboy wannabes had me mentally preparing for a long night.
“Yes, I’m getting laid!” Grady celebrated, clearly excited at the prospect of showing off his talents.
The rest of us groaned in unison.
Grace was fidgeting in her seat, trying to get comfortable, her movement bringing her closer to Kinsley. The two girls exchanged an uncomfortable look, and I dragged a hand down my face, trying to focus on the road while keeping an eye on the rearview mirror.
Catching Grace’s gaze, I lingered on her face, lost in a flood of memories.
Grace had been a constant during some of the toughest times of my life. Always there, always dependable. Our breakup had been amicable—a result of our lives pulling us in different directions rather than any wrongdoing. Leaving her had been hard; she was the girl I had pictured a future with. If the circumstances hadn’t been what they were, if I wasn’t on the road so much, maybe things between us would have been different.
The realization that I had been staring at Grace for too long hit me when my gaze flicked to the pair of livid blue eyes beside her. Shit.
I pulled into the bar’s parking lot, and everyone piled out of the truck, but instead of heading inside right away, I leaned my back against my door, crossed my arms, and waited.
Finn was smirking and shaking his head when he walked by me.
“You coming in, Wyatt?” Noah called out.
Grace glanced back at me with concern.
“I’ll be there in a minute,” I assured them.
“Let’s give the lovebirds some space,” Finn said. “They’re about to fight or fuck. Probably both.”
Grace turned and walked off hastily, her cheeks turning pink.
“Are you waiting here for me or her?” Kinsley confronted me, clearly agitated, her tone sharp.
“Of course you.” I tried to sound as reassuring as possible.
“Of course me? I’m not the one you were sharing long, lingering looks with in there,” she retorted.
“It wasn’t like that,” I tried to explain.
“You could barely keep your eyes off her!” she accused, her voice rising with each word.
