Page 18 of The Gruff Loner’s Bargain

ME: No, just me.

NATALIE: So he’s doing a good job pretending to be your fiancé?

ME: He’s doing such a good job, I nearly believe him myself.

ME: That’s the problem.

NATALIE: Ohhhhh!!!!!

NATALIE: YOU LIKE HIM!

ME: No need to scream at me.

NATALIE: You do, don’t you?

ME: He’s hard not to like. I’ve tried.

ME: He’s annoyingly friendly and thoughtful.

ME: And he’s so freaking hot!

ME: Did you know his dick is pierced?

NATALIE: ACK!!! No. Why would I know that?

NATALIE: Why do YOU know that?

ME: It just came up.

NATALIE: I’ll bet it did.

ME: Not what I meant.

ME: The conversation came up.

NATALIE: About his dick?

ME: No just the piercing. Never mind. I’m making this sound dirtier than it actually was.

NATALIE: It’s not true unless there are pictures.

ME: I’m not taking a picture of his dick.

ME: Aren’t you a happily married woman?

NATALIE: Yes, but you would not believe how horny pregnancy hormones make you.

ME: Did not need to know that.

NATALIE: So are y’all gonna hook up or what?

ME: No. This is a business trip.

ME: Besides, getting involved would be too messy considering he’s Linc’s friend.

ME: Oh and the contract he and Greyson will get for our buildings.

NATALIE: Sometimes making messes is the most fun of all.