Falling Down(68)

"I am." He leans in and whispers, "I've been assigned to you."
"Oh boy," is all I can think to say and he chuckles again.
We enter a room off to the right and I let out a gasp. There he sits. The man I wasn't expecting to see ever again. My fantasy come to life. My dream come true. The best sex of my life. Jesse Kingston along with Ben, Xander, Ethan, and Kennedy.
"Well, this should be fun, huh?" Sera says.
I let out a sigh. "Fun, fun."
The guys are chatting and laughing when we enter the room but Jesse's smile fades as he notes Damian's hand on my back. I inwardly shrug. No strings. That was the deal so he has no right to be glaring at me like he is right now.
"Damian, you know the guys," Cage says.
They all murmur greetings as we all take our seats.
"What are you doing here?" I ask Jesse.
He flashes his signature half-grin. "Helping, of course."
"Of course. You didn't think to fill me in on this over the weekend?"
He shrugs. "It never came up."
"Oh, it never came up," I mumble under my breath.
"Nope, the only thing that really was up was my cock, if I remember things correctly." He, of course, says this loud enough for Damian to hear.
Sera snickers and I hiss and send her a glare. "What? It was funny."
I roll my eyes. "I think you could have mentioned it, oh, say, when we were saying our goodbyes and you let me believe I wouldn't be seeing you again anytime soon."
"I never said anything of the sort. If you assumed that, it's on you."
Ben's head is zinging back and forth between me and Jesse like he's watching a tennis match.
I sigh.
"Why are you pissed?" Jesse asks.
"I'm not pissed. I'm just… surprised."
"Obviously not in a good way," Ben says before taking a drink of his soda.
"I just wasn't expecting it, is all." After my long ridiculous girlie cry I indulged myself in last night, I started forcing myself to accept the fact I wouldn't see him again and here he is. I flip my hair over my shoulder and look at Damian who winks at me and tugs on a strand of my hair.
I swear I hear Jesse growl and when Ben starts laughing I know for sure he did. I don't look over at him. I can't. I'll get lost again. I'll long for more and I can't want that because it's something I just can't have. I want more than sex and that's all he's capable of. Without the possibility of a relationship, I can't be with him again.
I rest my elbows on the table and drop my face into my hands. Breathe, Lucy. Just breathe.
Sera rubs her hand over my back and I look at her.
"Okay?" she asks.
"Yeah," I whisper.
I note the frowns of the men across the table. Whatever. I don't have time for this now. I've got business to handle.
"We've got a few people lined up today," Cage begins just as there's a knock on the door. "And here's our first one now."
I turn to the door and my jaw drops, Sera gasps, and Jace says, "Are you f*cking with me right now?"
"Pretty sure no one's f*cking with you right now," Ethan says with a laugh, "You'd know it if they were and if you didn't, then you're doing something wrong."
"Holy shit," I murmur and elbow Sera. Her jaw is still dropped and I reach over to wipe the side of her mouth.
"What?"
"You had a little drool right there."
"Well can you blame me? That's Trace f*cking Styx."
"Hell yeah it is," Jace says, getting up and walking over to the amazing drummer. We all murmur our greetings, shake hands, do our fangirling--much to Cage's amusement, and then we get down to business.