“No,” I mouthed back, my eyes on the front seat to make sure TJ and Barbie weren’t paying attention to us.
“I can’t believe that he expects you to sign that,” she whispered and I nodded. “Who does he think he is?” She shook her head. “He thinks he’s some sort of god.”
“Sally.” I widened my eyes at her and put my finger to my lips. “Shh.”
“What’s going on back there?” TJ looked directly at me.
“Nothing,” I said innocently, staring back into his mesmerizing eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
“I see,” he said and turned back to the front to concentrate on his driving.
“I’m surprised you didn’t drive back with Cody,” Sally said, looking at Barbie.
“Why would I do that?” Barbie looked back with a smirk.
“Because you slept with him.” Sally gave her a venomous look.
“So?” Barbie said and she put her hand on TJ’s thigh. “I like men.”
“Cut it out, Barbie,” TJ snapped and removed her hand from his thigh. “Mila knows we aren’t dating. Though I’m pretty sure you didn’t care what she thought when you hooked up with my best friend.”
“You never cared who I hooked up with before.” She purred and looked back at me, her eyes narrowed. “Not even when we talked about me becoming a Walker.”
“What?” Sally’s voice was loud.
“Oops.” Barbie smiled and then shot a look at TJ. “We weren’t talking seriously.” She looked back at me. “I would never marry or think about marrying TJ. Way too many skeletons in his closet.”
“And what’s stuck in yours? Dicks that fell off from touching you?” Sally snapped back and I giggled.
“I’ll have to check when I get home and see if Cody’s dick is in there,” Barbie said as she fluffed her blond hair and gave us both a narrow smile. “I wouldn’t be surprised, seeing as it was in everything else of mine this weekend.”
“Enough.” TJ’s voice was cutting. “Let’s all just listen to some music and go home.”
“Yes, boss,” Barbie said in a sweet tone. “Whatever you say, big boy.” She ran her fingers all the way up his thigh and I saw her grab his package, giggle and then sit back. I felt the blood going straight to my face. I was going to slap her. If I ever saw her again, I would beat her down. She was such a bitch.
***
“Bye,” I said as I jumped out of the car. I didn’t even bother looking at TJ, I was still so pissed that he’d let Barbie touch his junk without saying a thing. Even though it had only been for a second, I still felt he should have said something. I walked to the back of the car and waited for TJ to open the trunk so that I could get my bag.
“Bye? That’s it?” TJ said as he got out of the car and walked to the trunk and stood next to me.
“Well, if you’d dropped Barbie off before me, that wouldn’t be it.” I looked away from him. “But no, you dropped off Sally, and then decided to drop me off next.”
“I’m not sleeping with Barbie, Mila.”
“Let me get my bag.” I glared at the back of his car.
“Mila, look at me.” He grabbed my face and pointed it towards him. “I dropped you off before Barbie because I need to talk to Barbie. I want to make sure she’s not trying to play Cody.”
“Oh?” I looked up at him, my heart softening.
“Really.” He nodded. “I couldn’t really do it at the house with Cody there and I couldn’t do it in the car with you and Sally, and I don’t really want to see her again after today.”
“I guess I can understand why.” I grinned at him now.
“Good.” He leaned down and kissed me. “I’m going to call you tonight.”
“Okay.” I nodded.
“Have you made your decision yet?” His eyes searched mine.
“No.” I shook my head. “I need to think about the contract.”
“What about it?”
“It gives you a lot of power over me and my every decision,” I said, with a frown.
“I like to be in control,” he said, his eyes not leaving mine.
“It’s only four weeks. What does it matter?”
“Is it going to be a problem?”
“There are some parts I have problems with.” I nodded.
“Mark them up and we’ll discuss them.” He kissed me again. “I’ll call you tonight, dorky.”
“Don’t call me dorky.” I glared at him, but I couldn’t stop myself from smiling as I watched him driving away. I walked to my apartment and dumped my bags on the ground and then opened my purse again to reread his contract. I grabbed a pen from my table and sat down on the couch to read through the contract.
I looked at the first page and my heart thudded for a few seconds when I read that the contract was between “Travis James also known as TJ Walker and Mila Brookstone.” I bit down on the pen and thought about what Sally had said, wondering why TJ had just happened to be carrying a contract around with him that had both of our names on it. That meant that he’d been planning this for a while. And I’d had no clue. Absolutely no clue. I wasn’t sure if I should be happy about that or not.