Page 39 of For Your Consideration

I bent down to kiss Sophie on the head to hide my smile.

“He’s going to be pissed,” Emma said, not bothering to hide the surprise on her face.

“Oh, yeah. He’s going to blow a gasket. But that’s what he gets for not listening to me.” Quinn shook her head.

She’d started talking about what her lawyer wanted her to include in the paperwork when my phone lit up on the floor beside me. Considering not many people had my number, I was always a little surprised when someone reached out.

Asher

How’s girls night?

I bit my lip and smiled. He had been stopping by the office every day with a coffee for me since he got back on Wednesday and our texts hadn’t stopped. Even though his were brief, and usually just to check on me and Sophie, I appreciated it all the same.

Me

How did you know?

Asher

We were at Knight and Quinn’s this morning and she mentioned she was seeing you.

We also have a group chat and the guys are being annoying since she wasn’t answering the poll, so Knight told them.

Me

That was a lot of words.

Asher

My phone doesn’t know what to do about it.

Me

Where are you?

Asher

Knight doesn’t know what to do with himself, so he demanded I stay after the game and help him do something downstairs.

Me

Ahh, look at you being a good friend.

Asher

He promised me beer.

Me

What was the poll about?

Asher

I could tell you if I paid enough attention.

I smiled at that. Asher really did have a grumpy air about him and it came off in ways like this, making it seem like he didn’t care about what his friends were talking about in their group text. But I didn’t believe him. I saw how he was with Quinn and the other guys. He loved them a lot, cared about them. He just showed it differently.

“What are you smiling at?” Quinn asked as I looked up. I could feel my face growing red.