Part 17 (1/2)
Penny laughed. ”Night, Naomi. See you tomorrow.”
”Bright and early.”
Reid put his arm around her. ”Early, at least. I don't think your a.s.sistant is going to be getting any sleep tonight.”
Naomi smiled. ”I like that in a man.” As she pa.s.sed Cal, she patted his arm. ”Want to know how many times we did it last night?”
”Not even for money.”
Reid made a fist. Cal did the same. They b.u.mped them together.
”Later,” Reid called as they left.
When the front door of the restaurant closed, Penny grinned. ”So do you think they'll wait until they get back to his place or do you think they'll do it in the car?”
”What is with you? You're on a roll with the s.e.x talk tonight.” Was she feeling an itch? He would admit to a need to scratch. After all this time, Penny could still get to him just by being in the same room. ”Someone else might think you were issuing an invitation.”
She narrowed her gaze. ”Don't go there. This is my kitchen and I know where all the knives are. It's just interesting to speculate. Okay, not about Gloria, because I don't want to think about her naked. But with Naomi and Reid. Come on-you have to wonder. They're both out to break the land speed record for most partners in a lifetime.”
”Doesn't it get old after a while?”
Penny's eyes brightened. ”Are you saying s.e.x gets boring? How interesting.”
”No. I'm saying switching partners all the time would get old. I gave up counting conquests about the time I turned twenty-two. The s.e.x is more fun when I'm in a relations.h.i.+p.”
He hadn't had any complaints about Penny. She'd been caring and responsive and just adventurous enough to keep him guessing about what was going to happen next.
”I think they both do it because they can,” she said. ”I'm not sure Naomi's ever met a guy who didn't want her and Reid is just, well, Reid. Women flock to him.”
”Not you.”
”I know. I always saw him as a friend.”
”And after we split up?”
He'd wondered. Had his brother offered comfort?
He'd told himself it wasn't possible. That neither of them would do that to him. Except Reid didn't play by the rules and Penny had wanted revenge.
”Yuck,” Penny said, sounding both sincere and annoyed. ”Why on earth would I sleep with your brother? It's gross and tacky. It would be like you sleeping with Naomi.”
”No, thanks.”
”That's my point. Besides, I wouldn't have done that to you.”
”Why? I thought you hated my guts.”
”I did. But I didn't want you punished.”
He thought about the angry fights, the things she'd said to him. ”Could have fooled me.”