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“I’m Godwin, nice to meet you,” the man said, offering his hand for a shake.
Be normal.
She forced a charming smile and shook his hand. “It’s my pleasure. I’m Cadence.”
Kru tossed a look at her over his shoulder. Oh, he was checking up on her, was he?
Mr. McFlirtypants could have a taste of his own medicine.
“Green is your color,” she said, complimenting the man’s plaid shirt. He wore glasses, so she gestured to his face and said, “I love a man who can…read.”
Goblin narrowed his eyes. “I haven’t read anything since high school.”
“Oh. How…attractive.” She should blink slower. Blink more? What was considered seductive these days? Cadence leaned onto her palm and gave him a sultry smile. “Illiteracy turns me on.”
“I’m not illiterate, lady. I just don’t like reading anything that isn’t a newspaper.” Goblin looked concerned. “Are you on meth?”
“What? No!”
Kru belted out a laugh. Of course his date was hilarious. Atrocious. Oh wait, he was grinning back at her. What? she mouthed.
“You’re the worst at this,” he muttered under his breath, knowing she would catch it with her sensitive hearing.
“I am not,” she barked out.
Goblin was just staring. “So, do you like cats?” He was talking about her shifter animal, wasn’t he? Rude!
“I don’t know, Goblin, do you like squeeze cheese?”
“The name is Godwin, and I was just asking because I have a couple cats. If you’re allergic or something, we probably aren’t compatible.”
“Oh. Sorry. Yes, I love cats.” Why were Kru’s shoulders shaking with laughter? Gah, he could be obnoxious(ly sexy). And also, this lighting was ridiculous. He looked even more muscular. “He doesn’t even work out,” she called to the lady across from Kru, who was giggling at something he said.
Goblin scrunched up his face. “What?”
Cadence froze. Why had she even said that? “What I meant to say is—”
The buzzer sounded, and oh thank God.
One more table. Kru stood and shook the woman’s hand. Don’t touch him. Stop smiling at him. Put your cleavage away.
“She was fucking weird,” the words brushed her ears, and she sat up straighter as she realized it was Goblin talking to the woman at the table next to her. Her? She wasn’t weird. She was perfectly normal.
Her beer was gone. Who drank her beer?
“Want another one?” Kru asked from the table next to her.
“Oh, you know each other?” the man who sat across the table from her said.
“He’s my…”
“Fuck buddy,” Kru said at the same time she lied and said, “Brother,” and now things were real weird for the man sitting across from her and the woman sitting across from Kru.
The next five minutes were eternal and awkward. Kru kept randomly laughing, and she kept having to hide her smile behind her hands, because oh mylanta, there was no recovering from that.
“Fuck buddy,” she whispered-screamed as he finally, finally sat at her table.
“Brother?” he asked. “We look nothing alike.”
