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“Do you trust him not to stab you in the back?”
“Physically? Yes.”
“Would you go into battle with him?”
I thought for a moment, but I already knew the answer. “Yes.”
“But you don’t trust him to love you?”
“Fuck. I don’t know.”
“I’ve seen the way that man looks at you, Carter. It’s the same way Miles looks at Ben.”
“Like he wants to eat me alive?”
Worth grinned. “Yes, and then carry you to bed and treat you like a princess.”
“I’m no one’s princess.”
“You might be Matteo’s.”
I shook my head. “That’s…. No, I can’t.” Why did the idea turn me on so fucking much? What was wrong with me? “You can’t tell me you have serious conversations like that with the men you’re fucking?”
Worth huffed. “That’s because I’m not in love with them.”
“It’s got to be your turn sometime.”
He shook his head. “I’m just not wired that way. I’m not capable of feeling like that, of wanting only one person, of….”
“Letting go that much?”
Worth shrugged.
“I think you’re capable of a hell of a lot more than you think.”
“My brother is the only person in my family who was blessed—or cursed depending on your viewpoint—with a romantic side. My parents’ marriage has never been more than a business arrangement, and my sister is cold as ice.”
I sighed. I wasn’t going to convince him, but I could still hope one day a man would come into his life who could show him what he was missing. “You like to hide it sometimes, but you have a kind heart, and it needs?—”
“No. I’d rather play around. I enjoy my life like it is. I don’t want to be tied down. I don’t even want to be stuck here in the city. I don’t want to be…consumed like the rest of you.”
I held his gaze until he finally looked away. “If your turn comes, you won’t have a choice. It’s not like I wanted to fall in love with Matteo. I wanted anything but that. I still couldn’t ignore him. I couldn’t even take my eyes off him when he was close by.”
Worth frowned. “It’s hard to imagine you being unable to do anything. You’re so fucking capable.”
I huffed. “Not around Matteo.”
“Would you be if you just gave in to what you feel?”
I glared at him “Where the fuck did all this relationship wisdom come from if you aren’t capable of love?”
Worth laughed. “Probably too much time spent with Ford.”
Ford was the romantic of our group. Miles and I would have denied we could fall in love, though for different reasons. Of course, Ford hadn’t been so wise when it came to Jay.
Worth’s doorbell rang, and he smiled. “My evening entertainment is here.”
I rolled my eyes.
