Pit: The A**hole Club Series by Saffire Blue (summer books txt) 📕

to rejoin the guys, giving me a chance to finish up and retouch my makeup.

Once I stepped back out, Pit was ice cold toward me. While in the past we’ve avoided each other, he’s never been so detached with me. And it’s been that way ever since and that was almost a week ago.

Here we are in New York for the next race tomorrow. I thought we’d go out and get something to eat or something, but he looked me over like I stepped in dog poop and walked away without a word when I asked.

“Asshole,” I mutter to myself for the hundredth time.

I sit on the edge of the hotel bed, rubbing lotion into my skin as I obsess over what I’ve done to this man for him to treat me like this. We flew on his jet, which I offered to cover, and he grunted at me and put his headphones on for the entire flight. Maybe I’m just exhausted from all of this drama.

My phone rings and brings a smile to my face. Kelex has been checking on me a lot the last few days. We’ve become the closest over the years. It’s probably because he’s a mirror of me in a lot of ways.

“Hey, pretty boy,” I sing into the phone.

“What are you up to, gorgeous?”

“Getting my moisturize on. You know she has to keep them thighs shiny and smooth,” I tease as I tuck the phone between my face and my shoulder and go to pull on my silk pajama shorts.

“Don’t tease me. It’s not polite.”

“As if I’m your type,” I scoff.

He’s silent for a few moments. I stand and make my way to the mirror. My unit is lifting, so I get some alcohol from my things to remove it.

“You do know in another life and if I weren’t so screwed up in the head, I would have shot my shot a long time ago, right? Like, the night we met,” he says.

I smile. “Really? I don’t know. I can’t see model Kelex trying to hook up with me.”

“I wasn’t as shallow as everyone made me out to be. You’re smart and beautiful. I would have totally been into you. And you’re as crazy about cars as I used to be.”

My heart pings. I understand why he hates cars now, but I couldn’t imagine not having that love anymore. It would be like cutting off a hand.

“If you say so.”

I smile to myself in the mirror and place him on speaker so I can take down my braids. Maybe I’ll go to the race tomorrow without a unit. I mentally laugh at myself. Never going to happen.

“I say so. However, there’s also the fact that I never had a chance. You’re already in love with one of my other friends,” Kelex says with a grin in his voice, tugging me from my musings.

I suck in a breath. Kelex called me on my feelings for Pit years ago. He’s the only one I’ve ever told about my crush, but that was before I saw Pit for who he is. I don’t think he’ll ever be the type to settle and be happy in a relationship.

“It’s not like that anymore,” I whisper.

“Are you sure? I have eyes.”

My heart twists. Am I attracted to Pit? Hell yeah. He oozes sex and this magnetism. We vibe when we let our guards down. Which usually takes a few beers.

Our trips with the crew are always more fun when we’re both there. We come up with pranks that leave me in stitches from laughing. Yeah, we’re older and probably should cut the crap, but its times like those that allow me to breathe.

“You’re thinking too loud.”

“Josh?”

“Ut-oh. What’s up, princess?”

“Who did you mean that night? You said you can’t lose me too. Who have you lost?” I say cautiously.

“I’m not ready, Ven. I’m trying to breathe. When the time comes, we’ll talk.”

I walk back over to the bed and sit down. I want to push, but I don’t. I understand not wanting or being able to talk about something.

“Okay, you know my phone is on anytime for you.”

“You say that now. I don’t know how Pit will feel about that when you’re popping out his babies and washing his drawers.”

“Oh, grow up,” I laugh. “That’s never going to happen.”

“Yeah, he’s pretty wealthy too. You guys can afford a maid.”

“Good night, Kelex.”

“Glad I could make you laugh. Night, baby.”

I hang up smiling. I can hear he’s hurting, but he’ll talk when he’s ready. The fact that he can joke lets me know he’ll be okay.

I go to place my phone on the nightstand to charge, but I freeze. The panic attack is instant. I start to scream my head off as I jump from the bed.

Pit

I come out of the shower and wrap a towel around my waist. I’m in a shitty mood. It would have been so simple to just go out to dinner with Skittles. I was hungry and New York is always more fun with someone than on your own.

Ox and Roman went out to hook up with some chicks they have here. I’m not in the mood for a warm nameless body. The woman I crave is fucking one of my best friends.

Seeing Kelex and Skittles walk into the bathroom of my club together killed something in me. I’d doubled back for my phone and walked into the back room right as she leaned into him and they disappeared behind the door.

I guess our agreement is dead. Which means I have no idea why I’m here or why I’m spending so much money on this shit. Yes, she’s offered to reimburse me, but the money isn’t the issue.

You know why you’re here. It was never the money or races. It’s always been her.

I go to spray on some cologne. It might be time for me to go out and clear my head. Knowing Skittles is only across the hall has my mind turning to her