Page 49 of Unscripted Love
I read the email at least three times before I so much as blinked. Agnes Simmons was my literary idol. I loved every book she’d ever written, and her praise meant more to me than I could put into words.
“That email must be something else.” Kyle’s comment snapped me out of my trance. “Is everything okay?”
I don’t know what made me do it, but I’ll blame it on nerves or the devil. “Some douchebag named Drew is trying to hook up with me.”
“Don’t make me slap your ass again,” Kyle said with a slight growl to his voice, sending an electric zap of lust straight to my groin.
“It’s an email from my favorite author,” I told him. “She’s read my book and forwarded it to her literary agent. She thinks that I’m going places and need representation.”
“Chaz, that’s really exciting. What are you going to do?” Kyle asked.
“I’m going to fanboy over it for the day then try to think of intelligent questions to ask her,” I replied. I glanced up at the clock and noticed the time. “We better get going, or Josh will string us up by our balls.”
“Are you packed and ready to go?” Kyle asked. I was happy to hear he hadn’t changed his mind.
“Yep.”
“Okay then,” Kyle replied.
Josh was waiting for us when we arrived at his house. He grabbed my hand and pulled me into the kitchen. “Where’d you two get off to so fast last night?” he asked as soon as we were alone. “Hell, I didn’t even know that Kyle had shown up until I started asking where you’d gone.” Josh waggled his brows, leaned closer, and lowered his voice. “Did he really throw you over his shoulder and smack you on the ass?”
“Yep,” I answered calmly.
“And?” Josh prodded.
“Did I ask you what went on between the sheets with you and Gabe?” I asked him huffily.
“So, you’re confirming there was action in the sheets?” Josh asked hopefully.
“I will neither confirm nor deny,” I told him. I enjoyed watching him beg for information. “Why were you looking for me last night?” I asked.
“I have huge news,” Josh said. His voice broke and his eyes teared up, but his blinding smile promised me that everything was okay. Besides, he’d already had one stalker and two psychopaths hell bent on killing him. He’d survived all three and came out stronger on the other end.
Meredith rushed into the room. “Me too! I have big news!”
“I bet my news is bigger than yours,” Josh said sassily.
“Like your ego,” Mere shot back. Mere looked at me and waved her hand like she was dismissing Josh. “Do you believe this guy?”
“OH MY GOD!” Josh and I yelled at the same time because Mere’s big news was on display for us to see.
“That’s a huge diamond,” Josh said in awe.
“Fit for our queen,” I said.
Then we had a group hug and cried sappy tears. Josh and I fired one question after another about the proposal and when she planned to get married.
“Well, you saw that Harley and I dressed as Cinderella and Prince Charming last night, right?” she asked us. We both nodded our heads. “Well, he dropped to his knee at the stroke of midnight and asked me to marry him.”
“Awwww,” Josh and I both said at the same time.
“Chaz got spanked by Dr. Do Me, and Mere got engaged,” Josh said. “You’re gonna be tough to top, but I can do it.”
“Honey, you sound like you’ve used those words before,” Mere teased. “Now come on, share your big news with us. Please don’t say that another person is trying to kill you.”
“I think the coast is clear now that Jimmy De Soto has been apprehended.” Josh held us his hands in prayer and looked beseechingly toward heaven. “Gabe and I are flying to Miami tomorrow to meet the potential mother of our children,” Josh said then bit his lip while he waited for our reaction.
“What?” Mere and I said at the same time. “Children?”