“Oh what are you getting done?” Millie asked with a smile as she played with her red frizzy curls. “I need to go myself.”
“I’m getting a blowout.” I hoped they didn’t ask why I wanted to get a blowout the day before my brother and his best friend were coming. It wasn’t as if I wanted to look my absolute best. I didn’t tell the girls, I was also getting my eyebrows and upper lip waxed. And planned on buying a new push-up bra and maybe some Spanx. It had absolutely nothing to do with Tyler Redwood though. Absolutely nothing at all.
“Oh nice.” Birdy grinned. “Oh yeah, Olivia I forgot to tell you, I signed us up for a speed dating event on Saturday evening, you can come right?”
“Yes, I’ll be there.” I nodded. “I’ll make sure to keep the evening free, just text me the details, okay?”
“Awesome!” She did a little dance. “I’m so excited. I’m so excited.”
“Me too, girl. Me too. Now I just hope we meet two hotties that take our minds off of being single.” Though I had to admit, I didn’t have much hope. The men I’d met and dated in San Francisco so far left a lot to be desired. I was hoping that this weekend, my luck was going to change.
Chapter 2
Tyler
“You upgraded our tickets to first class?” I looked over at Derrick in surprise as we took our seats. “Did you win the lottery and not tell me?”
“I used my miles.” He shrugged. “No biggie.” He gave me his familiar wide smile and I watched as his eyes crinkled in that way they did when he was flirting with women and trying to get them to go home with him.
“What do you want?” I sighed, knowing he was about to ask me a favor. You don’t get to be a guy's best friend for twenty plus years and not know when he’s going to ask you for something.
“Remember that girl, Tiffany?”
“Nope.”
“The one I met when we were in Miami Beach.”
“Miami Beach?” I shook my head. “We haven’t been to Miami Beach in ten years.”
“Yeah, do you remember her? The one that gave me a blow job in the ocean.”
“I remember her as the one that nearly got you arrested for the Miami PD, yes.”
“Well she lives in the Bay Area now, well in Sonoma, wine country. She works at a winery.”
“Okay and?” I shrugged. “What does that have to do with me?”
“Well, we’ve been chatting for the last few months, ever since we connected on Facebook. It’s awesome how Facebook brings you back into contact with old friends.”
“She’s not your old friend.” I rolled my eyes as I accepted a glass of champagne from the flight attendant. “She’s a girl you banged.”
“Well, we never officially banged.” He grinned. “At least not yet.”
“What are you trying to say?” My eyes narrowed. “You’re going to Sonoma while I hang out in SF?”
“Well, not quite.” He leaned back in his seat. “Man, these seats are so comfortable. Totally worth the additional price.”
“I thought you used miles?”
“I lied.”
“What do you want Derrick?”
“Well, Tiffany said that she wants to come and hang out with me. But she doesn’t want to drive home at the end of the night, if you get my drift?”
“Uhm??”
“And well, I said she can stay with me.”
“You what? What about me?”
“You can get another room or you can stay with Olivia.”
“Olivia already told us no.”
“Well, she told us no. Maybe she’ll say yes to just you.”
“Your sister hates me. Always has. I do not want to stay with her.” I said the words jokingly because I didn’t want Derrick to know how much I wanted to stay with her. I’d tease the shit out of her and rile her up. It would be amazing.
“Olivia and you need to get over it.” Derrick grinned. “There’s enough of me to go around.”
“Dude, if you think that—.” The flight attendant stopped by our seats again.
“Would either of you two gentlemen like a refill of champagne before we take off?” She licked her lips as she looked down at us and I just shook my head.”
“She was totally into you.” Derrick grinned. “Looks like you can join the mile high club if you want.”
“I don’t want to, thank you very much.” At least not with her.
“Pity.” He pressed the screen in front of him. “Think I might watch a movie to pass the time.”
“Yeah, I have some work to do myself.” I had a stack of paperwork to go through. Three of my cases were set to go to trial and unless we settled within the next few weeks, the next few months were going to be absolutely crazy. I had my legal assistant drafting up some briefs while I went over case law for the most important case. The partners at my law firm wanted to make sure we won because the client was being sued on a few other developments and we wanted to represent his contracting company on all of them.
“Sounds boring.” Derrick laughed as I yawned. “I still cannot believe you’re a commercial real estate litigator.”
“I still can’t believe you’re a financial advisor.”
“Well, you weren’t complaining when I doubled your dividend profits last year.”
“Yeah well, I never said you weren’t good.” I sighed. “So is this thing with Tiffany a go or just a potential?”
“It’s a go.” Derrick grinned. “She’s actually picking us up from the airport.”
“Derrick.” I groaned. “So basically I’m out on my ear.”
“Nah, you can come back with us to the hotel. We’re meeting Olivia for dinner so hopefully we can guilt her into letting you stay.”
“Yeah or you’ll be paying for my new room.” I laughed at his nervous face. Derrick hated having to part with money more than anything in the world.
“Olivia will let you stay. In fact, I’ll have her begging you.”
“I wouldn’t mind seeing her beg.” I said smoothly, though the sort of begging I wanted her to do was not something I would tell Derrick about. Shit, if he had any clue how dirty my thoughts were towards his sister, my teeth would be on the ground and my blue eyes would be supporting two black rings. “But why did you invite me to come on this trip if you were just going to use it to hook up?”
“I didn’t know that Tiffany was looking for a chocolate Adonis when I convinced you to come.” He shrugged. “You know you’re my bro, but I’m not just going to tell her no.”
“So bro’s before hoes has gone out of the window.” I shook my head. “Nice bro, nice.”
“Maybe Olivia will have some cute friends for you to hook up with?”
“Maybe. So is Olivia seeing anyone?” Smooth one, Tyler.
“No idea. She doesn’t tell me those things.”
“Oh okay.”
“She knows better than to tell me about any guys, unless she’s engaged and about to get married.” He chuckled. “And then he will have to answer to me, my dad, my granddad, my uncles and you know how hardcore they all are.”