All In: (The Naturals #3)

When she turned back to face me, the expression on her face was flippant. “What I’m saying here is that Michael is about one downward spiral–induced bad decision away from eloping with a showgirl, and Sloane has been acting weird—even for Sloane—since we got here. We are officially at issue capacity, Cassie. So I’m sorry, but you don’t get to be effed up right now.” She tapped the tip of my nose with her finger. “It’s not your turn.”

Pretending something doesn’t matter doesn’t make it matter less.”

“Tell you what, Dean,” Lia replied. “When Michael gets back, we’ll get the two of you a room. Obviously, there are feelings involved.”

“It’s settled, then,” Michael said, even though it was anything but. “No place is safe, and I’m going.”

“I’m touched, Redding,” Michael said, bringing a hand to his heart. “You care.”

“You mattered to him before he even knew who you were.”

Better to make someone reject you, I thought, understanding more than I wanted to, than to let them do it on their own.

Someone had to hold us together

“The point is that I don’t hate you,”

“Napkins,” she said.

“Not going to lie,” Michael put in. “I had no idea that was a number.”