Damn, he’d told himself he wasn’t going to bring it up, but Lily had been in the office twenty minutes before the curiosity threatened to kill him and any cats within a twelve-mile radius. “What date?” Lily didn’t even look up from her computer, she just clicked away at the keyboard. “Oh, the bike ride. I thought it would be a threesome.” Her cheeks flushed, and she looked up from her computer. “I mean, I thought you were coming, too.” So, Cody had tricked her. It should have made him feel better, but it didn’t. “No, I was working.” He wasn’t sure if he should mention that he wasn’t invited. “Cody mentioned you had some things to do. But the trail was nice.” She smiled. It made him think of sunny days, blue skies, and the kind of freedom he hadn’t felt since his first summer on the river. “It’s a different perspective than going down the river in a raft.”
