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She nods.
“I’m sorry about tonight. Christopher will drive you home.”
“When will you be back?”
“Saturday afternoon, as originally planned. I’ll pick you up at your place for the gala at six p.m. sharp. I’ll bring the chain and put it on for you.”
She nods. “Braden?”
“Yes?”
“I… I’ll miss you.”
Her words warm me and go straight to my cock. I smile. “I’ll miss you, too, Skye. More than you know.”
Chapter Forty-Five
I text Ben, and he meets me at the airport at one a.m. If Foster McCain wants to meet with me, Ben and I will go together. The big guns.
After we reach cruising altitude for our short flight, Ben and I each have a bourbon.
“You shouldn’t have left Manhattan, bro,” he says to me.
“Tell me something I don’t know.” I take a sip, let the smokiness sit on my tongue, and imagine Skye’s pussy juice instead of the alcohol in my mouth.
“Think you’re ready to admit it?”
I swallow. “That I shouldn’t have left New York? I think I just did.”
“Not that.” Ben takes a sip and swallows. “That you’re falling for this woman.”
“I don’t fall for women, Ben.”
“That’s called denial, bro.” He takes another sip. “You know, there’s a lot better bourbons out there than this stuff.”
“It’s hardly rotgut.”
“Did I say it was? The Blacks can afford the best. Why do you love this stuff so much?”
“Because it’s damned good.”
“I’ll give you the flavor, but it’s a little harsh going down.”
“It reminds me of those days on the construction site when we were in our early twenties. How we worked our asses off and had a Wild Turkey at Clem’s after a long day.”
“Except for that one day,” Ben says, “when we went to a certain party.”
“For fuck’s sake. Why do you insist on bringing that up? You know I don’t talk about it.”
“I know. But I talked to Apple again tonight.”
“Seriously? Is she your new girlfriend? The yin to your yang or whatever?’
“What?”
“Isn’t she into all that Zen shit?”
“Some, I guess. She’s definitely not your typical hotel heiress. But that’s not why I brought her up. She only called to tell me Addie had fired Skye.”
