“So I take it you two—worked things out?” She wagged her eyebrows at me and then giggled, drawing Lex’s attention to us.
Lex raised one brow and then licked her lips in a way that probably looked normal to everyone else, but matched with her direct stare and the things we did in her suite before the shoot, I knew it was anything but.
“She wants to try,” I admitted, blinking off Lex’s power over me and looking over at Reyna. “That’s more than I could have hoped for, given the way things have played out so far.”
“So she’s going to try—” She hesitated, “dick.”
“Yeah.” I rolled my eyes, watching as Lex laid back across the counter like a piece of art over a mantle. “She’s going to try with all of us.”
“That’s great.” Rey squeezed my arm excitedly.
The photographer called out a few more shots and then, with a big show of flare, announced he had everything he needed to complete the masterpiece. “Thank you so much for doing this.” I walked forward and shook his hand as Lex joined us.
“Thank you for making this fun too,” Lex added, “I hardly hated it at all.” She winked at the man who was old enough to be our father and gay enough to be with all of our men combined. Which made him perfect for working with my girl.
“I’m so glad,” He winked at her and then walked away as the crew started cleaning up.
“So now what?” Rey asked, looking around the shop being put back into place. “When will the piece be done? When can we see it?”
I chuckled, “You seem more excited than I am.”
“I am!” Her eyes widened, “As soon as Dallin told me the story was going to be on Lex and then when I heard of your angle on it all, I’ve been salivating for it. We need more female empowerment in this world, and I think the two of you are just the two women to get it done correctly without feeling cheesy.”
Lex crossed her arms, “Did Dallin tell you why he canceled on this whole thing to begin with?” She asked Reyna.
Rey’s eyebrows rose, “He said you asked to do it.”
“Did he?” She pursed her lips and then turned to me. “Did he tell you why he canceled, exactly?”
I shrugged my shoulders, “Just what I told you the first day, that the expo was too much work to take on at the same time.”
“Hmm.” She hummed.
“Why? Did he say something different to you?” I asked, wondering what was going on.
“Not at first.” She rolled her eyes and then relaxed her shoulders, “But when I fucked things up with you,” She cocked her head to the side, “He said he chose me because you needed me.”
“Needed you?” I questioned, and Rey scowled in confusion, too.
“Yep.” Lex went on, “And I’m beginning to think he set us up for other reasons outside of professional ones.”
“What? How?” I shook my head, “Why?”
Reyna tipped her head back and laughed, “Oh, that meddling man of mine.” She rolled her eyes, “Did I ever tell you two about how he finally got Parker and Trey to give in to their desires and sleep with me?”
“I’m sorry, what? Get them to sleep with you?” Lex nearly choked, “You’re the real fucking prize out of all three of them, what do you mean, get them to sleep with you?”
Rey laughed again, “Let’s just say none of us were jumping into the whole open relationship thing as quickly as Dallin had hoped for.” She looked around and lowered her voice as the crew cleaned up around us. “So Dallin meddled and tricked both of them into very precarious situations with me until none of us could resist anymore.”
“And you think he did that here?” I doubted it. “I didn’t even know I was into women before I met Lex.”
“That’s not true,” Lex smirked at me. “You were beginning to see the signs of it.”
“Which means Dallin probably saw the signs of it, long before any of us would have.” Rey added, “And we did all hang out at that barbeque for the garage a week before he called you about the interview, didn’t we? The same night you asked me about my relationship with Trey and Parker.”
“We did,” I remembered the big cookout we had for all our friends and family at the garage celebrating all the success the guys had achieved over the three years they’d been open. “He said something weird that night.”
“What?” Lex tilted her head to the side.
“He said that if we desire an opportunity for change, normalcy breeds uncertainty,” I thought back and smirked at it now that it was making more sense. “I thought he was talking about work.”
Reyna scoffed, “Huh?”
I shook my head, “He was telling me to not become complacent. Jesus fucking christ.”
Lex snorted and then groaned, “Dirty words and pretty lips, Hannah.”
Reyna’s eyes rounded as she watched us interact, now that we all had a bit more knowledge of the subject. “Jesus fucking christ, indeed.” She turned and walked away without another word.
“Where are you going?” I giggled as she headed toward the exit.
She waved without looking back. “To find my husband and to thank him with a blowjob for getting you laid.”
“Oh, my god.” I gasped and turned crimson as everyone looked at us, and Lex fell into a fit of cackles.
“I fucking love that girl.” She said between laughing fits.
“Careful.” I scowled at her with my best mean mug, “I’m not interested in sharing you.”
