“I’m not smiling.” But she wanted to. “Look, there might’ve been a kiss.” Or two . . . “But that’s all I’m telling you.”

“Shut up. No, don’t shut up! Tell me everything! You buried the lede! Did he throw you down on the bed and jump your bones? Oh my God, I want someone to throw me down on the bed and jump my bones!”

“If a man threw me down on my bed,” Piper said dryly, “it’d better be followed up with him telling me to stay put because he’s going to clean the whole house for me.”

This was a big fat lie. If she had Cam in her bed, they’d absolutely not be talking about cleaning.

“You’re ruining the fantasy. Back up and start at the kiss.”

“We’re done talking about this.”

“Are you going to sleep with him?”

Piper tossed up her hands. “What part of ‘we’re done talking about this’ don’t you get?”

“Come on. If he’s only here for a couple of weeks, you need to hurry up and blow off some steam. Or just blow.”

Piper laughed; she couldn’t help it. “You did not just say that.”

“Look, he’s perfect for you. He’ll be gone before even you can screw up any real relationship with him.”

Is that what she did?

“Yes,” Jenna said, reading her mind. “It is. See Ryland as an example. He wanted more, you bailed. Also, you put everyone’s needs ahead of your own, making yourself the lowest priority. You need to stop, by the way. And you should also put that in your journal under your ridiculous list of rules for yourself.”

“Shh,” Piper said, and turned up the radio connecting them to the scene of the accident. “They’re calling for another unit.”

“That’ll be Noah and Sonya.”

They both groaned at the name Sonya. She’d gone to school with them and was Jenna’s nemesis because she was dating Jenna’s ex, whom Jenna wasn’t over yet, though she wouldn’t admit that upon threat of dismemberment.

At the intersection ahead, police were already working on handling the traffic and blocking off the scene. CJ was one of them. He and Piper had been friends for years now. Ever since he’d had his heart broken by Gavin years ago.

Noah and Sonya’s rig came up beside theirs and they all hopped out. The four of them grabbed their gear and were directed by CJ to one of what looked like a three-car pileup.