Page 73 of The Scientist
“What way?” I asked.
He looked back at Lex once more and then grinned at me as if it were obvious. “Jealous.”
Before I could tell him how ridiculous that was, Stuart, Dan, and Peter all came running out the door. “Let’s go before daddy puts us in timeout,” Stuart said, throwing on his jacket.
I waved goodbye to Jace as Stuart pulled me along.
“Shotgun!” Peter called out as the Uber driver pulled up.
I got in the car as carefully as I could without flashing anyone, which proved to be quite the challenge, while Stuart sat between Dan and me in the back seat.
“Where we heading?” Stuart asked.
“Sarah said they’re at the Whiskey Cowboy,” I answered.
Dan turned to me. “Isn’t that the bar with the mechanical bull?”
“Yeah, I think so,” I told him.
“You plan on trying it out, Dan?” Stuart asked.
Dan shook his head. “No. You know my carpal tunnel’s been flaring up.”
“For the love of god, if you’re talking to a woman tonight, please don’t bring up your dainty wrist problems,” Stuart said, exasperated.
“It’s a serious condition, dude,” Dan retorted.
I was too distracted by what Jace had just told me to pay attention to the rest of their conversation. Was it possible that Lex was actually jealous? I knew I was. Thinking about him and Nicky sitting together at that table made me see red, and the irrational thoughts took over. I hated being jealous. It was an emotion that inevitably made people act out of character. Normally, I would have brushed off his comment about the way I was dressed, but the damn jealousy made me act like a petty jerk.
Stuart had his phone sitting on his lap when I saw it light up, but he was too busy arguing with Dan to notice. When I saw who the message was from, I couldn’t help but peek at what it said.
Alexsander Strovinski:Don’t let anything happen to her or I’ll kill you myself.
My heart stuttered. Was this about me? I had no way of knowing for sure who he was talking about, but just the possibility that he was talking about me was enough to assuage my anger.
We arrived at the bar in no time.
I let Sarah know we had made it after giving my ID to the bouncer. I waited inside the door for the guys to come in when I spotted Sarah walking over with a beautiful blonde, dressed in a short white dress with a pink sash that readBRIDE.
“You’re here!” Sarah had to shout over the music playing. “You look so hot!”
“So do you!” I said, laughing and giving her the once over. She was dressed in a strapless, sequin number with her long legs on full display.
She pointed to the blonde at her side. “This is my friend, Emily.”
I smiled at her. “The bride, I presume.”
“What gave me away?” she said with a curtsy.
“You look beautiful. Congratulations,” I told her.
“Thank you, but I’d kill for your tits,” she said. “Just thought I’d let you know because I can’t stop staring at them.”
I started to laugh, taking a liking to her immediately. “Are you having fun so far?”
“I was until I discovered I started my fucking period just now. Great time to be wearing all white.” Emily took a large swallow of her drink.
“We talking periods?” Stuart walked up behind me flanked by Dan and Peter. “Medieval’s my favorite.”