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“What did I say?” Sarena laughed some more, her eyes switching between Aspen and Declan.
“Well, if you must know…” Aspen paused, trying to gain control of herself. She pushed her hair behind her ear and finally held back her giggles. “A blind date.”
“What?” Sarena and Mac echoed, shock registering in both their voices.
Declan could feel his friend’s gaze on him and knew Mac would bust his balls about this. He turned and found even Mac holding back a chuckle.
“Okay, let me explain.” Declan coughed, trying to get a handle of the situation. He pushed his empty plate away from him and quickly wiped his mouth with his napkin. He didn’t want Mac or Sarena to think he had to be fixed up with blind date to find a woman.
He didn’t want to lose his man card.
“Yes, I’d like to hear an explanation on this one,” Mac drawled, settling back against the booth and draping an arm around Sarena’s shoulders.
“Evie had been after me for a few weeks to meet her friend. She said her friend just moved to town and she trusted me to take her friend out on a date,” he began.
“She had been hounding me, too. You’d have to know Evie. She can be quite persuasive,” Aspen cut in, glancing at him. “She actually had me feeling sorry for Declan before we even met. I just figured if Evie had to fix her neighbor up—”
“Hey.” He tugged on her hair.
Declan Owen never needed to be fixed up.
“I was thinking the same thing,” he admitted with a laugh. “When she said that her friend worked at the library with her, I imagined some mousy little nerd—”
“Hey!” Aspen swatted him with her arm and laughed.
“You two are cute together.” Sarena sighed, leaning into Mac. “Aren’t they, Marcas?”
Declan took a sip of his drink, and his eyes met Mac’s. He knew they would be having a different conversation soon.
The waitress stopped by the table, interrupting them, and dropped off the checks. Declan reached for them, but Mac snatched them up.
“My treat,” Mac announced, glancing down at the slips.
“No—”
“I said I got it,” Mac cut him off, holding his hand up as he reached for his wallet.
“Hey, I’m going to run to the restroom,” Aspen murmured.
“I’ll go with you,” Sarena chimed in.
Both Declan and Mac stood to allow them to scoot out of the booth. They watched the women walk away, before turning to each other.
“Look, Mac,” he began, running hand through his hair as they took their seats again.
“I find it funny that you busted my balls when I first started my relationship with Sarena. Imagine my surprise that I find you here on a breakfast date with a woman you’ve never even mentioned to me.”
“Listen, Mac. It just happened, but there is nothing to our relationship.”
“Nothing?” Mac cocked an eyebrow.
“We came to agreement. Neither of us is expecting anything. We are just having a little fun. She knows what this is. I think that is the only reason she’s with me right now.”
“Really?”
“And why do you have to be an ass to her? I’ve never treated Sarena with anything but respect,” he lowered his voice, noticing a few looks thrown their way from other patrons in the diner.
The first time he’d met Sarena had been in the Emergency Room of the local hospital. He’d been in pain and was pissed at getting shot. She’d stormed in the room and set him in his place. Since that moment, he’d had nothing but respect for her. She was good for Mac.
