Chapter 59

“See?” Colin said. “Fun!”

“Yeah, but…I don’t want to have any more fun with Joaquin. We’ve had our little car accident, I was kind of hoping to leave it at that.”

“Well, then, good news,” Colin said. “He’s not here for you.”

“But is he here for you? That would not be good news.”

“You’re both here for me!” Colin exclaimed. “That’s the fun part. See, the other night? Me and my mom were watching the Bachelorette, and I got this idea.”

Oh, hell no.

“Colin…” Joaquin took another gulp from his margarita and approached. Colin took Joaquin’s hand. He reached for mine, but I stepped back. Hell no.

“Dickie.” Colin took care to pull his poutiest face, his lower lip unfurled almost to his nose. He opened and closed his free hand with a skin-on-skin slapping sound until I took it in mine just to still it.

“I’m mad about both of you,” he said. “And don’t act like you’re not both fallin’ for Colin.”

“Yeah, but…”