Page 55 of Blind Date
“How did that emergency business meeting go?”
Here we go.
“I’m sorry. What emergency meeting?” He genuinely looked confused. I stood there and slowly shook my head.
“The one that suddenly happened while my best friend was sitting alone in a restaurant waiting for your lying ass.”
“Oh, that meeting,” Theo sighed. “It wasn’t serious.”
Stupid, stupid man, Theo.
“It wasn’t serious?” Sam cocked her head.
“No. I just told you it wasn’t. I don’t understand what’s going on here.”
“You stood her up!” Sam exclaimed.
“I sent a text.” He shrugged.
“Which was a lie,” Sam said through gritted teeth.
Theo shrugged. My God, I couldn’t believe he just shrugged.
“Well, I met someone,” he said.
“You met someone?” Her jaw dropped.
“Lovely woman. Beautiful. Sexy. Tits and ass of a goddess.
“And how old is this goddess?” Sam asked.
“Twenty-five.”
I had just sipped my drink and began choking.
“Excuse me.” I tried not to laugh.
“Twenty-five? You stood my best friend up, who you paid thousands for to have a date with, for a gold-digging twenty-five-year-old?”
“Trixie isn’t a gold digger,” Theo said, tipping his drink to his lips.
“Trixie?” Sam burst into laughter. “Where did you pick her up? The streets or the strip club?”
“You’d better watch yourself, young lady.” He pointed at her.
I took a step forward to tell him to relax, and Sam’s arm whipped straight out, crossing my chest.
“My best friend bought a new dress. She got her hair and makeup done. And she spent over an hour in a restaurant waiting for you! And then you text her a lie because you met some gold-digging twenty-five-year-old?”
“Again, she’s not a gold digger.”
“You know what your problem is?” Sam jammed her finger into Theo’s chest. “You have too much money and not enough common sense. I stand by what I said about rich people creating their own problems.”
“I don’t have any problems. I’m too rich to. Now, if you’ll excuse me.” He walked away, and Sam lunged to go after him before I lightly gripped her arm and pulled her back.
“He isn’t worth it. He’s a piece of shit. But, watching you verbally dismantle that asshole was the most entertaining part of the day.” I grinned.
Greta and Finn walked over.
