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"Hotel room?" Adam prompted.
He sneered. "We're talking about our best friend's girlfriend's best friend here, not some random
chick."
"Right. So does that mean we're not allowed to put her through the ISAG?"
"Don't you even think about it," he growled. There was no way he'd let Adam or Dylan put Kris
through the ISAG the 'Is She A Gold-Digger?' scheme he'd come up with to ensure he didn't make
the same mistake twice: the mistake of believing a woman loved him for himself, not for his money.
He wouldn't want to insult Kris.
To his bemusement, Adam laughed even harder.
"What?" he asked impatiently.
"I wish Dylan was here to hear this conversation," Adam said, his eyes alive with amusement.
"Hey, unlike you and Dylan, I don't have any ambitions whatsoever to stick with one woman for a
lifetime. I'm too cynical of relationships to make it work with anyone, and there's no point using the
ISAG for any of my casual affairs. Even though I originally invented it for my sake, nowadays, it's not
me who needs it. It's you."
"Who said I intend to stick with one woman?" Adam muttered.
Trey regarded his friend closely. "Have you and Sandy broken up for good?"
Adam sighed. "Not officially. But it looks like that's where we're headed."
"Sorry, bro."
Adam smirked. "Thanks. I'm okay with it. Her attitude is starting to really bug me. Anyway, we're
not talking about Sandy and me that's just the same old story. Let's go back to Kris and your night
together. How was it?"
Trey tried to hide his smile, to no avail. "It was incredible. She put on this seductive music and
gave me this super-sexy lap dance while she slowly stripped " He stopped when he saw Adam's
eyes grow wide with interest.
"And?" Adam prodded.
Trey bristled internally. He didn't want Adam picturing Kris in all her sexiness. "And then we had
sex."
Adam nodded. "I can see how it led to that. So what next? Was it just a one-night stand or what?"
He ran his hand on his cheek. "No. We agreed to have a fling until she goes back to Melbourne."
"I see," Adam commented, pursing his lips. "That'll be one of your longest flings in years, if not
the longest."
"She's fun," was all he could say.
"So how come you're unsettled?"
He took a deep breath. "Don't know exactly. I feel funny that I asked her to leave."
"You asked her to leave?" Adam asked incredulously.
"I didn't use those words," he said defensively. "I just asked if she wanted to have a shower
before I took her home."
"Right. The subtle hint. Did she get upset?"
"No. She was fine."
"But you're not," Adam observed. "Dare I say she's gotten under your skin?"
"No," he scoffed. "You know me. I can get intense when I want a woman. After a few days, I'm
over it. It's the thrill of the chase then the rush of the first few romps nothing more."
Adam sighed. "You're right. So what's got you unsettled?"
"I think it was the fact that I've brought a woman to my apartment. I said I'd never do that."
"Well, you can't undo it now," Adam said. "Besides, it's Kris. Like you said, she's not exactly
some random chick."
He nodded, feeling better and validated, especially since he had a feeling he'd be breaking not
only Rule Number One but also Rule Number Two for Kris very soon.
*******
"So I heard you helped Kris pick up last night," Dylan said to Trey as they settled for their meeting at
Dylan's home office.
Adam snorted. "He certainly did."
Trey sighed and looked around for Ari. "Is Ari here?" he asked Dylan. He didn't want Ari to
overhear him talking about Kris.
"No. She's at her place packing. Kris and Sam are helping her today."
"So have you popped the question yet?" he asked Dylan.
"No. If I had I would have told you guys already. I'm still planning something special."
Trey snickered. "You've got it bad."
"Happily so," Dylan agreed. "Anyway, so how did it go last night?"
"Good," Trey answered cryptically.
"Did she go home with a guy?"
"She sure did."
"Someone we know?"
"Yup."
"Really? Who?"
"Me."
"What?!"
"Why are you so surprised, Dyl?" Adam asked. "You said yourself the two of them were like
magnets to each other."
"I thought they'd agreed not to sleep together. That's what Ari said," Dylan explained to Adam.
"Well, he's not quite finished telling you everything," Adam said, wagging his eyebrows.
Trey kept an impassive expression.
"What? Tell me," Dylan said.
"I took her to my apartment," Trey answered.
Dylan stared at him in disbelief. "You broke Rule Number One?"
He sighed audibly. "Yes. And we had great fun. And we're having a fling till she goes home. And
that's all there is to it."
Dylan raked his fingers through his hair, as if agitated by Trey's news.
"And what's the matter with you?" Trey queried.
"Does Kris know it ends in, what two and a half weeks?"
"Of course. The fling was her idea. She wanted one and I simply put my hand up for the part."
"Okay. As long as you're clear, Trey." Dylan warned.
"I am. Why do you look worried?"
"Ari and Sam seemed concerned Kris might fall for you. They think she's too attracted for just a
fling. They don't want to see her get hurt. You're her first sex partner after she'd broken up with her
boyfriend last year."
"Ari told you this?"
"Yes, because she wants me to dissuade you if you ever thought of sleeping with Kris. Now it's
too late," Dylan said gravely.
"Come on, it can't be that bad. Kris doesn't seem to have a problem with casual sex," Trey
countered.
"Well, apparently Kris is just starting to get back on track emotionally. She was still grieving for
her mother, who died two and a half years ago in a car accident, when her ex-boyfriend broke up with
her last year to marry one of the dance teachers who worked for them. Kris and her ex ran a dance
studio together, you see. She used the pay-out from her mother's life insurance policy to set up that
business.
"Then Kris found out her ex had used the business as security for another venture he'd set up, and
when that venture went bust, her investment in the business went down the drain with it. She was
devastated by that, as you can imagine. She felt she'd let her mother down and squandered the legacy
she left her. She had to get an office job, which she was lucky to get because of her dad's connections,
and could only manage teaching dance part-time. That depressed her too.
"That's why Sam still worries about her. Kris might look tough and carefree on the outside that's
her personality but Sam, as well as Ari and Jasmine, kind of feel protective of her because of her
recent heartbreaks."
"I didn't know," Trey said softly.
Dylan inhaled deeply. "Well, so now you've slept with her. Like you said, Kris might just be after
a good, fun fling while she's here, and the girls might just be worrying over nothing. All I'm saying is,
now you know, tread carefully. There will always be complications for you for us because of the
friendship connection with Ari and Jasmine."
"Yeah. Thanks for letting me know," Trey said, emotions warring within him. A voice inside his
head clearly said to back off and stay away. But a weird sensation somewhere within the region of his
chest was rebelling against that thought.
CHAPTER TEN
"Come on, Kris, spill," Sam urged as they started boxing the contents of Ari's bookshelf. "I'm dying of
curiosity here."
"Me, too," Ari said.
Kris laughed. She'd been refusing to tell Sam about last night until they got to Ari's so she wouldn't
have to repeat herself. Plus, she really wanted to enjoy her memories of Trey before getting the
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