Page 120 of Nothing to You
Rourke.
With Roxie and Zairn out of the country, she’d had no update about what happened with Diva the previous night.The ultimatum, just the word, curled her lip.If their friendship was over, she had nothing left to lose.Protecting him from what Diva could put him through would be her last act as his best friend.
If he wanted nothing more to do with her, why shouldn’t she set the record straight?
In the airplane bathroom, her cellphone droned in her ear.
The ringing stopped.“Roxie?”
“Why are you whispering?”her friend asked in a similar hush.
“I need Knox Collier’s phone number and I need no one to know I asked.”
“No one like Rourke?”
“Or Zairn.Anyone.I don’t want a debate; I just want to do this.”
“Do what?”
“Protect him.”
Roxie exhaled.“You’re as bad as each other, you know that?”
“I do.Will Knox help me?”
“Of course he will, because Rourke would never forgive him if he denied you anything.”
“Thank you.”
“Talk slow, but be firm and sure with Knox,” Roxie said as her phone pinged, signaling the shared contact.“And, Roux, if he hesitates, just tell him you’ll make sure your humiliation eclipses Rourke’s.”
She squinted.“What does that mean?”
“It doesn’t matter,” Roxie said on a whisper of a laugh.“He’ll know what it means and who it’s from.Good luck.”
They hung up, and she stared at her phone for a second.Firm but sure?That was definitely in her repertoire.If nothing else, fixing this, taking responsibility for her actions, took away Rourke’s ability to blame and resent her as time went on.
If he wanted Diva, he could have her, but it wouldn’t be on her head.Not if she could help it.
Calling Knox’s number, it rang fifty times before anyone answered.Okay, maybe that was an exaggeration, but it felt like a million.
“Who is this?”came his sharp response on answering.
“Is that any way to answer the phone?”
He exhaled a semi-growl.“Roxie gave you this number?”
Despite the tense situation and what she was heading into, a smile seemed inevitable.“She did, but only because I don’t have access to Rourkey-baby’s phone right now.”
“God, it’s like she’s multiplying,” he grumbled under his breath.
“Would it be better if I said Jane gave me the number?”
“Better?No, because that would be a lie.”
“Yeah, but I’m for role play.”
“Roux,” he said.“Radley.”
