Mike blinked like someone who had just heard the dumbest thing on earth. “Which Becky?” he asked, half-laughing, hoping this was some crazy joke.
Lucas looked at him with a straight face. “Do we have another Becky in common apart from my wife? My wife, silly.”
Mike’s hand dropped the remote like it was hot coal. “Are you out of your mind? No, seriously, Lucas, you’ve lost it! I should seduce your wife? Your actual wife? Cut me some slack, man. I might flirt, sure, but I’ve got limits. I don’t cross boundaries like that, and you know it.”
Lucas stayed calm. “Relax, man. It’s not that deep. Trust me.”
Mike’s eyes widened. “Not that deep?!”
“I don’t love Becky,” Lucas said, walking slowly toward the liquor shelf. “It’s all been a cover-up, a mistake. I need something solid to end this ma
