Page 141 of Hot Mess
“Hardly.” I popped the cap off my beer, taking a deep swig as I wandered into the living room. “Was out with Janner.”
“How’s he doing?”
“Drunk.”
Summer put her hands on her hips and surveyed my place as I dropped onto the new couch. “And what the fuck happened in here?”
“Told you. I redecorated.”
“It looks great. You have… chairs.” She opened her beer and went to sit down on one of the dining chairs, petting the upholstery like it was a live bunny. “Nice.”
“Yeah. I mean, Danica redecorated it. That girl I told you about.”
“Very nice.”
“It’s not done, though. She still has to come back to finish some stuff.”
She studied me. “You’ve got it bad, don’t you.”
“That didn’t sound like a question, so I’m not gonna bother answering.”
She smirked and sipped her beer, and I flipped her the finger. While I brooded over my beer, she pulled out her phone, and next thing I knew, Van Halen’s “Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love” was playing from my speakers.
I gave her a nasty look and she just smiled.
I lay back on the couch and stared at the ceiling. Fuck, but I did have it bad.
I really liked this girl.
It was official. I had a serious fucking thing for Danica Vola.
I’d gotten her off in a bar two nights ago, and she’d kinda blown me off afterward, and I still had a thing for her.
She was taking things slow between us, taking it seriously… and I kinda loved that about her.
Too bad I was hellbent on not falling in love withher.
Or anyone else.
I just wanted to fuck her already and get it over with. See if after that she’d be out of my system.
Or just deeper under my skin.
It was kinda driving me crazy not knowing.
“You falling in love again?” Summer asked, like she was reading my fucking mind.
“Nope,” I said. “Not doing that anymore.”
“Oh. Right.” I didn’t look at her, but I could pretty much feel her eyes roll across the room. “I forgot.”
“Why are you here again? Don’t you have a show tonight?”
“Yup. But you didn’t answer my calls—”
“Because sometimes I turn off my ringer just so I don’t have to hear George Michael.”
“Why don’t you just change my ringtone?”
