Page 3 of Bridesmaid Undercover
Hudson:She freaked out, said there were millions of women to choose from, don’t dip in her pond.
Hmm, I have a distant memory of such a thing.
Hardy:So you think she would be mad?
Hudson:Are you saying you had sex with Everly last night?
Hardy:I’m not confirming anything.
Hudson:Well, I’m at your apartment and you’re not here, so you tell me what the hell you did last night.
Jesus, this guy.
Hardy:Fine, we slept together.
Hudson:Fucking Christ, Hardy.
Hardy:It was the Moscow mules!
Hudson:Are you at her place now?
Hardy:Yes. She’s sleeping and I’m trying not to wake her up for another round.
Hudson:Don’t even fucking look at her. Get up, grab your clothes, and leave. I’m not kidding, Hardy, this won’t go over well.
Hardy:I understand why this might not go well, but also…maybe she would be happy for me?
Hudson:She won’t be.
Hardy:But maybe she will…
Hudson:SHE WON’T! Haisley is very protective of her business you and I know that. If you date someone she’s working with, and you ruin that relationship, Haisley is going to be pissed. The relationship she has with Dad is severed, so don’t taint the relationship she has with you.
And that right there, that’s all he has to say, because he’s right.
After Haisley married Jude, we found out some things about our father that, well, let’s just say they didn’t settle well, so as a group we decided to part ways with him and his billion-dollar hotel chain business. We started our own cooperative with our dad’s direct competitors, the Cane brothers, and we have multiple ventures now under the cooperative, including Haisley’s business, which also involves Everly…
Hudson:Not to mention, Everly is an employee under the cooperative, in a way, and we’ve been strict about not dating employees.
Once again, the fucker is right.
Hudson:So get out. Now.
Internally I groan because the last thing I want to do is leave this bed.
It’s warm.
Naked Everly is next to me.
And I had plans. Wonderful, amazing, throbbing plans. Yes…throbbing.
I was going to make some coffee, maybe order some breakfast, and then wake Everly up with my tongue.
What I wouldn’t give for another taste.
But Hudson is right. He’s really right. I crossed a line last night, a line that could hurt my sister. And Haisley is not someone I ever want to hurt. She’s been through enough in her life and, if anything, I’ll do whatever it takes to protect her, which means…I need to bolt.
I glance over my shoulder just to make sure Everly is not awake and when I see her still peacefully sleeping, the covers nearly exposing her spectacular chest, I internally weep inside and then turn away. I slip out of bed, completely naked, and grab my clothes before I move to her bathroom.
