Rhythm of Three (Rule of Three) by Kelly Jamieson Read Free Book Online Page A

away traveling in Europe for the first part of her summer vacation. She was a teacher and spent part of every summer traveling.
    “Holy hell, Kass,” she whispered after she’d been introduced. “He is hawt .”
    Kassidy laughed. “Yep.”
    “And single…right?”
    Kassidy gazed at her friend, her stomach dropping. Okay, awkward moment number one. Shit. “Uh…yeah.”
    Danielle’s eyes brightened and she clutched her mojito. “Excellent.”
    Kassidy didn’t want Danielle making a play for Dag. He was hers. Hers and Chris’s. But what was she supposed to say? She nibbled her bottom lip as she watched Danielle bop her way across the room to the bouncy rhythm of Daft Punk singing “Get Lucky”, over to Dag’s side and commenced flirting with him. Danielle was a cute little blonde and good at flirting.
    Danielle was her best girlfriend. Kassidy should tell her. She and Dag and Chris might agree to not tell the others, but Danielle should know. But did Kassidy need to get Chris and Dag to agree to it before sharing that with Danielle?
    Shit.
    Also, it wasn’t fair to put Dag in that position, a girl coming on to him that he had to deal with. And how many times could that happen before people started wondering why he kept pushing away girls?
    Dag, however, was a natural-born flirt, and clearly very experienced at this, and he smiled and charmed Danielle without leading her on. Funny, Kassidy never felt jealous of Dag being with Chris, but she felt a little twinge now watching him flirt with Danielle. Stupid. She remembered his first night back when they’d gone out to Kiss, the girls who’d surrounded him all night. But he’d ended up back at their place, with her and Chris. And that was how it would go tonight too. She needed to remember that.
    She looked over at Chris, talking to Brandon and Matt and Cole, watched him throw back his head and laugh at something, and caught the faint flash of silver at his throat. He was wearing Dag’s chain. And he was having a great time with their friends. Her heart expanded with warmth. Yeah, there were going to be awkward moments. She just hoped they could get through them all.

Chapter Five
    The party went late Friday night since their friends refused to leave until nearly three in the morning, which meant they slept until noon. Kassidy had to jump out of bed and race to get ready to meet Hailey for lunch at Circe, a little bistro not far away. It had a cute patio and she’d envisioned them sitting out there, but the day was overcast and drizzly, so they sat inside.
    “How was the party last night?” Hailey asked as the server poured them coffee.
    Kassidy grabbed her cup gratefully, still a little groggy and maybe a tiny bit hungover. “It was great. We had so much fun. We’ll have another one for Dag, since he turns thirty in a few weeks, and maybe you can come.”
    “Give me a little more notice than four days.”
    “Yeah. Sorry about that. I’d completely lost track of when Chris’s birthday was. Things were a little, uh…crazy.”
    “No shit,” Hailey said dryly.
    Kassidy picked up a menu. She hadn’t even had breakfast and it was one o’clock. She settled on a broccoli frittata and Hailey ordered a spinach salad. When the server left, Hailey eyed her across the small oak table. “So? Give me all the gory details. Last time I saw you, you were sobbing and heartbroken. Now you look…well, actually you look kind of hungover.”
    “Gee, thanks.”
    Hailey grinned. “But happy.”
    Kassidy sighed and smiled. “You’re right on both counts. Few too many margaritas last night, and stayed up waaaaay too late. But yeah…” she met her sister’s eyes, “…I’m happy.”
    “Dag’s still here.”
    “Yes.” Kassidy filled her in on what had happened.
    Hailey listened, mostly without comment, just a few nods and “Oh wow” and “Really?” comments. When Kassidy got to the part about Chris’s feelings for Dag, Hailey sat back in her chair wide-eyed