I raise one eyebrow, silently calling her out on that bullshit. 揥e抮e not in line for the valet. Our driver is on his way.?
揙h. All right, then.?
Still, she doesn抰 move. I press my lips together, annoyed. 揌annah, this is my wife, Scarlett. Scarlett, this is Hannah Garner.?This is the first time I抳e ever introduced Scarlett as my wife. It抯 bizarre to say, and equally strange to realize I like the way it sounds.
揥e抳e met before,?Hannah says. 揕ovely to see you again, Scarlett.?
Scarlett stares at her. 揥here??
揈xcuse me??
揧ou said we抳e met before. Where??
Hannah looks flustered, but recovers quickly. 揙h. Um, it must have been at some event here? Crew loves visiting LA, but it doesn抰 seem like your sort of place.?
揘ew York isn抰 for everyone, either,?Scarlett replies.
揑 prefer to visit in the summer. I hate the cold.?
揑 can see why.?Scarlett抯 eyes flit over the short hem and low neckline of Hannah抯 dress.
Hannah stiffens. 揊or such a busy city, it can also feel lonely.?She glances at me梔eliberately.
I抦 torn between doing something and saying nothing. It抯 obvious what Hannah is doing and why. She抯 jealous and hurt I married someone else, despite the fact it抯 been months since we were in the same state and we were never a couple. What I don抰 understand is what Scarlett is doing梬hy she抯 engaging rather than ignoring. At every turn, she抯 made it clear she sees our marriage as nothing more than a business relationship, if that. I抎 go so far as to say she treats her business partners with more warmth than she抯 shown me. And yet梥he抯 sparring with Hannah rather than walking away. Not possessive per se, but not displaying total indifference either.
揑f you抮e so desperate for some company, maybe you should go back inside and find some,?Scarlett suggests. 揝eeing as we are leaving.?
I smother a smile, not missing the way she emphasizes we.
Hannah doesn抰 miss it either. She sizes Scarlett up, not bothering to cloak her dislike. 揑 didn抰 know you were capable of caring about anything other than business, Scarlett.?
揑 wasn抰 aware you knew anything about me,?Scarlett shoots back. 揈specially since you seem far more interested in my husband.?
Hannah smiles. Small, yet flashy and fake. She looks to me. 揑 hope to see you around, Crew.?Her smile turns genuine for the first time before she passes us and heads back inside.
I keep studying Scarlett.
揥hat??she snaps. I think her tone was warmer toward Hannah.
I smile. 揘othing.?
Scarlett shakes her head before heading toward our car. Roman pulled up at some point during the encounter with Hannah. He climbs out to open the door, but I wave him off and open the door for Scarlett myself. She grumbles a thank you before climbing into the backseat. I slide in on the opposite side, then knock on the privacy divider to let Roman know we抮e ready to depart.
We haven抰 even reached the end of the block when she speaks. 揧ou have horrible taste in women.?
I look over. 揥hat does that say about you??
She ignores me. 揑 don抰 want her in my penthouse.?
I bite back the our I want to correct her with. Instead, I tell her the truth. 揑t won抰 be an issue.?
揑 have work lunches at The Carlyle.?
It takes me a minute to realize what she抯 saying. Another to wonder how the hell Scarlett knows that抯 where Hannah stays when she抯 in the city. 揟hat抯 not what I meant. She and I are done.?
揇oes she know that??
揧es,?I reply. Then, for some stupid reason, that feels a lot like the loyalty she doesn抰 seem to want, I elaborate. 揑 told her if she insulted you, I wouldn抰 talk to her again.?
Scarlett scoffs. 揇on抰 do me any favors.?
I exhale loudly. 揘ow you抮e annoyed I抦 not fucking her??
揘o! I just棓
揂re you sleeping with other people??I finally voice the question that抯 been bothering me for weeks.
揘ot sure,?she responds.
I gnash my teeth together. 揘ot sure what??
揘ot sure you would call it sleeping.?
Fuck. She is. 揥ho is he??
揧ou don抰 know him.?
Yeah, right. 揑 know a lot of people.?
揌is name is Kyle. He抯 a surgeon.?
That抯 her type? A science nerd with a superiority complex? It bothers me more than I抦 expecting. More than it should. If he抯 not part of our world, maybe she actually has real feelings for the guy. 揌e sounds like a tool.?
揓ealous??she taunts.
揟hat would require me caring what you do.?
揈xactly.?
I force a chuckle out. It sounds empty to my ears, but I doubt she can tell the difference. 揟hat抯 not something you need to worry about.?
揋reat.?
揋reat,?I echo.