by Jillian Dodd
“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me! That’s awesome!”
“Does that mean you’ll come?” I almost get choked up. “It would mean a lot to me.”
“I’m on my way, bro. Where are we staying?”
“We’re crashing Aiden’s swanky new pad.”
“But it’s their honeymoon!”
“Yeah, well they decided we could interrupt it for this.”
Riley is still shaking his head in disbelief. Actually, so I am. I don’t know how I got so lucky. “I didn’t even know you knew each other. Or were, like, dating. This is crazy.”
“Crazy, sexy, and wonderful. We met at the wedding. I guess it was fate—or something.”
“Or something,” Katie whispers in my ear.
“Well, congrats! I’ll call the pilot and head that way!”
I hang up, feeling happy, and hug the woman who’s made me that way.
“Now, back to fucking you up,” I say, reaching for her.
Riley’s Penthouse - L.A.
RILEY
I’m throwing clothes in my suitcase when I realize I’m not the only one who needs to be there. I give Dallas a call.
“This better be good,” he says groggily.
“Knox is eloping. We need to be there.”
“Where is there, exactly?”
“London. Throw some shit in a bag and meet me at the airport. We need to throw him a bachelor party.”
“Hmm, let me check with the missus.” I hear him speaking to RiAnne. “Hey, pookiebear, I need to go to London with Riley. You cool with that?”
“What time is it? And why is Riley calling in the middle of the night?”
“Because we need to leave, like, now.”
“What are you two up to?” she wisely asks him. RiAnne has always had his number.
“Apparently Knox and Katie just got engaged and are eloping in London,” Dallas says. “Riley called to see if I wanted to be there.”
“And you said hell yes, you want to be there, right?” she asks.
“No, I told him I needed to ask you if I could go,” he says with a laugh.
“After all these years, it’s finally payback time,” she says, sounding a little like a movie villain seeking revenge. “It’s Knox’s fault you and your groomsmen were so hungover the day of our wedding. Hell, I’m pretty sure you were all still drunk from the night before!”
“I know I was,” Dallas chuckles.
“Oh,” RiAnne says, apparently grabbing the phone and talking to me. “Riley, your birthday is Tuesday. How are you celebrating? Do you want Dallas to stay and party with you?”
“That would be really nice—” I start to say.
“Well, if you want him to do that, you will help him get Knox hammered. Do you understand me?”
“Yes, ma’am,” I reply.
“I don’t know, RiAnne,” Dallas argues. “I hate to leave you all alone with the new baby. What do you think I should do?”
“I think you should get your ass to London. And as far as staying to celebrate Riley’s birthday—” I can hear her whispering but can’t hear what she said. She’s probably telling him what he’s going to owe her. What he owes her, could vary from something sexual to a new car. You never know with those two. When I tease him about it sometimes, he says that she has the toughest, most important, and selfless job in the world—being a mother to their little hoodlums. And he truly believes it. A lot of men feel like they are in charge if they are the breadwinners in the family, but not Dallas. He openly worships RiAnne, and says it’s why they have a very healthy sex life.
I’m trying to imagine having a wife and kids myself when Dallas says, “I’ll pack quick and meet you at the airport.”
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Young adult contemporary romance set in an East coast boarding school.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jillian is a USA TODAY bestselling author who writes fun romances with characters her readers fall in love with, from the boy next door in the That Boy trilogy to the daughter of a famous actress in The Keatyn Chronicles to a kick-ass young assassin in the Spy Girl series.
She lives in a small Florida beach town, is married to her college sweetheart, has two grown children, and two Labrador Retrievers named Cali and Camber. When she's not working, she likes to travel, paint, shop for shoes, watch football, and go to the beach.
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