Chapter 30

“Why aren’t you with Benton?” Daisy asked. “Isn’t he still in town?”

“Yeah, but he wanted to go to Orlando tonight. Some of his friends from Emory are having a party there.” She’d practiced the lie, and it rolled off her lips easily, but Riva was pretty sure she’d just blushed even harder. The truth was, Benton had decided to go to that party because Riva had said she needed time alone with Daisy. He’d agreed readily, though he’d made her promise she wouldn’t “get started without him.”

At the time, she’d slapped him playfully and told him to get his mind out of the gutter. Now her mind seemed to have gotten stuck there as well.

“Why didn’t you go with him?” Daisy cocked her head to one side, emphasizing her long, elegant neck.