Lexie picked at the plate of food Ira had put in front of her twenty minutes ago. Whenever he hosted the Nine-0 Club at his house, he served a full meal, complete with an appetizer, a soup course, a main dish, and dessert.
He didn’t cook, and he wasn’t married, but he had the best personal chef on the island. Lexie usually looked forward to his May Day celebration more than another other time of year. But tonight, all she could think about was how everyone had brought someone with them, and her plus-one had been Owen.
Not only that, but Owen had hardly spoken a word to her once he’d discovered Gina Jackson, another new member of the billionaire’s club just down the table from them. She hadn’t brought a plus-one, and it seemed like Owen was going to play double duty tonight.
Lexie could
