“Yeah.”
“No, we’re going to spend it together at Laura’s. My ex’s,” he clarified when Marty glanced at him with a frown. “She’s got more room, and we agreed we wanted it to be easier on Jake.”
“She’s not dating anyone?”
“No.”
“But you have to be.”
It was Alex’s turn to frown. “Why’s that?”
Marty chuckled and shook his head. “Because you’re built, you’re employed, and you’re single. Pick one.”
He wasn’t saying anything Alex hadn’t already thought earlier when dealing with the choir mistress, but hearing the judgment come from another guy, especially one he’d only just met, was a little weird. Nobody at the site talked like this to him. There, he was the workaholic boss still trying to get back on his feet after his recent divorce. They steered clear of anything that might have to do
