Chapter thirty-six

I kid you not when I tell you it took me roughly an hour to just get Kate to sit and calm down.

"Are you... good now?" I asked my best friend tentatively.

She inhaled and exhaled deeply. "Pretty much... I think."

You better be.

Then, she turned to me and clapped her hands excitedly, her eyes gleaming with mischief. "Guess what time it is."

Uh oh.

She giggled as she reached for her tote bag. "Time to doll you up!"

"After-" I drawled, rising to my feet and slowly backing towards the bathroom, "-I have a quick shower."

"You haven't showered yet?!" Kate all but screeched. She is on a roll today with these screams. "What the hell were you doing before now-?" I cocked a sarcastic brow at her, cutting her off. "Right," she said. "If you're not in here within fifteen minutes, twenty tops, I'm barging in there and hauling your ass out."

"Sir yes sir," I announced before hightailing it out of the room without hesitation.

...

Kate did not lie.

When the twenty minutes were over, she came barging