Chapter 159

“Oh, Nick.” She stopped herself. She couldn’t humiliate him in front of his unbelievably sexy brother. “Sorry, I got confused.” She laughed dorkily. “There’s another guy at the office with a girlfriend named Emma. I mixed them up. Cat, girlfriend…I do that stuff all the time.”

Nick mouthed thanks. His eyes pleaded for forgiveness. She’d forgive him. Though she might have to shriek at him first. Why on earth had he felt the need to pretend with her? Of all people. As if him being single would have made any diff— Oh, no. If there was no Emma—as Candace suspected, and maybe Michelle did, too, deep down—that meant Nick was totally available. That meant Michelle didn’t have to date someone like Nick.

She could date Nick.

A powerful surge of panic drew her up off the couch. “I should go.”

“Hey, pizza’s here, beer’s here.” Stoner’s hands landed on his hips. She was not going to examine what was between them. “And you’re here, Mic-he-lle. I can’t think of a better