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“How come?”
“I … it doesn’t matter.” There was no way she would admit to Grant that her best friend’s boyfriend had told her she was too fat and lazy. “How was your … er … Halloween?”
“Partied at the clubhouse. You should have come, by the way, it would have been a hoot.”
Aria chuckled. She wouldn’t have dreamed of going to his clubhouse. Her parents had often told her to stay well clear of the place. Some of the girls she had gone to high school with had partied there, and some of them had looked a little rough afterward. None of them had complained, though. All the women had said the same thing—that Chaos and Carnage know how to party.
“Oh, well, maybe next year.”
“Or at Thanksgiving.”
“Thanksgiving?”
“Yeah, we have a party then as well. Actually, that might be different this year. Bull is with Maddie and all that. Anyway, if you’re not doing anything, we should call it a date.”
Aria forced a smile to her lips, not taking him seriously. Grant had a way of rambling at his visits to the vets. His cell phone went off, and she kept the smile on her face.
“Fuck me,” he said, shaking his head. “See you around, Aria.”
She held her hand up and waved. “Bye, Grant.”
He left with Wanda beside him.
Andy came out of the room and chuckled. “That man has the hots for you,” Andy said.
Aria shook her head. “No, he doesn’t. He’s just being polite.”
“You do know that I can hear everything that’s going on in that room, right? I hear when he asks you on dates, and what you’re doing. He makes small talk with you all the time. Also, I’ve noticed he arrives whenever we’re not busy. Have you noticed that?”
“He helps out at the shelter that the club has set up.” Aria shrugged. “It’s nothing.”
Andy sighed. “He did invite you over for Halloween, you do know that.”
“No, it was a passing comment. It wasn’t an invite.” Aria didn’t want to talk about Grant Reynolds.
He was an interesting man. Older than her by six years, but she had recognized him around town. He was a player. Most of the women had taken him out for a test drive.
“Grant likes to sleep around. He’s just being nice. He’s a flirt.”
Andy snorted. “That man is not flirting with you in the way you think.”
“Can we drop it?” Aria asked.
“Fine. Fine. Phil called. He’s on his way. The cow thing was a birthing that was a bit difficult, but cow and calf are now fine.”
“That’s good news,” Aria said.
They both looked toward the parking lot as the sound of a car arrived.
“Is that Phil?” Aria asked.
“Nope, that’s Mr. Peters, come to collect Billie.” Andy smiled. “We’ll take a rain check on this. We’ll talk more.”
“It’s nothing.”
“Come on, are you telling me you’re not attracted to Grant?”
“No, I’m not. I don’t know anything about him.” She didn’t want to get into Grant’s reputation. Instead, she kept a smile on her lips and tried to ignore the hunger that had started to build.
