Alicia inhaled sharply as she thought about sweat dripping down his chest. Did he wear compression pants or gray sweatpants? And he said he was divorced. Was the universe giving her a green light?
What in the hell is wrong with me? Alicia turned away from Richmond and rose to her feet. “We’d better give up this table before we get thrown out.”
“Wouldn’t be the first time,” Kandace muttered as she and Richmond stood up.
“Don’t tell me you ladies were rowdy college students,” he said with a smirk.
My God, this man has dimples. Why have I never noticed this before? Oh, he never smiled before. Who knew Richmond Crawford was human? Alicia thought as they headed for the exit and Kandace recounted the time that Serena had cursed out a waiter at the café because he’d had the nerve to ask her for her phone number.
“And Alicia didn’t help the matter,” Kandace said, breaking into her friend’s thoughts. “She tried to help Serena assault the man with chicken bones. We were so young and silly.”
“That’s not what happened!”
“Don’t try to rewrite history now.”
“So, you’re forgetting that you were tossing cornbread?”
Richmond laughed. “Is that why you didn’t have a problem with me eating yours today?”
Kandace shrugged. “All right, whatever. You messed with one of us, you messed with all of us.” Then she looked from Richmond to Alicia. “And that hasn’t changed.”
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