I scrambled backward and ended up on Rigby’s lap. He just laughed and sat me in the middle seat, buckling me in tightly and throwing an arm around my shoulders until I was pressed against his side.

My phone dinged, and I looked down to see Julieta giving me Zayn’s number with a bunch of winky and laughing face emojis. Rigby plucked the phone out of my hand and deleted the message.

“Hey! I needed that.” Like, real bad.

Rigby kissed my temple. “The only person who gets to help you take your vagina out of retirement is in this car.”

“Are you flirting with me? Are we going to go home and have sex tonight?” I asked, my body feeling flushed. Oh man, I really liked that idea; the consequences could go to Hell.

“No, because you’re drunk.”

“If I wasn’t drunk?”

“We’ll talk about it later. Why don’t you sleep it off?”

I snuggled my face into his chest. “Can’t.”

“Why’s that?”

“Because I’m going to throw up. Dev!”

The car swerved to the side, and Rigby had my belt undone and the door open before I could even get my brain to catch up.

“This is so not sexy,” I moaned, and lost more seafood than Seaworld all over the side of M-14.

Chapter Nineteen

RIGBY

When Nova appeared the following morning, she looked a little like death. After she’d puked on the highway last night, she’d passed out and we’d had to put both her and Huey to bed, which had been kind of hilarious.

Now, with her hair piled on top of her head and her pallor distinctly gray, I couldn’t help but grin. “Aw, Fireball, you look like hell.”

“Shh, Rigby. You’re being too bright,” she whimpered. “I need water.”

I grabbed a glass and filled it to the brim, handing it to her when she finally staggered to the breakfast bar. She downed the whole glass in one go, then gave it back to me. I dutifully topped it up, sitting it down in front of her.

Leaning on my elbows, I grinned at her. She was cute, even if she did look like a zombie. “So, you had a good time last night?”

She winced. “I think so. It’s a bit blurry there toward the end.” She glared at me. “Did I do anything, you know, embarrassing?”

I dragged my bottom lip between my teeth to stop myself from grinning. “Embarrassing? Nah.”

She narrowed her eyes at me. “Rigby…”

“It was fine, Nova. I’m glad you enjoyed yourself. You deserve some downtime.”

She huffed something under her breath, then laid her head down on the cool marble benchtops. “Where's Huey?”

“Dev took him to work. The joy of being the boss, plus we figured you wouldn’t want to nurse a hangover and a baby.”

“Ugh, I’m a failure already.”