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“You so are. You’re practically seething with jealousy. It’s okay. I mean, I know Luke is jealous of my brothers and me, even though he’s a bastard.”
Luke was many things, but he was not a bastard. The charm of his bluntness was wearing off. “Luke’s my best friend’s boyfriend.”
William looked at me. “Oh, sorry,” he said, sounding insincere as if he said it thousands of times a day. “That explains it, though. I was wondering why a chick like you would be here.”
Did he insult me? “What does that mean?”
He smiled at my outrage. “You’ve never been to one of these parties. I can tell because of how nervous you looked when you were in there. That means you don’t work for us. Hot girl alone at a party, it raises questions.”
Hot girl? He was watching me?
The compliments flooded my chest with warmth, but I wanted to run away from him. He was so…forward. We were standing close enough to kiss and I could smell the magnetism from his body. The loose tie dangled in front of my face and I grabbed it. I slid the blue silk up and readjusted it so that the knot was back on his throat. I couldn’t look away from him. Not even as I took his collar and folded it over his tie. His eyes burned like coals, shifting and falling.
“Sorry,” I said quickly, going a bit pink. I stepped back from him,overwhelmed by his presence.
"No need to be sorry." A smile staggered over his face.“We should get coffee sometime.”
Is he joking?“Are you serious?"
"Dead serious."
"For what?"
"What kind of a question is that?" he said, laughing.
He's asking me out on a date. "I didn’t think you liked me at all.”
His mouth parted and for a moment he looked abashed. “I don’t mean to come off like an asshole.”
Well, now what should I say? “I'm not interested. No offense.”
“None taken.” He was staring at me like I was a sea urchin.“Okay, I lied. I’m a little miffed.”
“Why’s that?”
He smirked. “Usually women jump at a chance with me.”
What an arrogant ass. “Poor baby.”
A smile lit up his face as if I paid him a compliment. “You’re cheeky. I like that.”
He caught me on a bad day. “I’m not looking for a relationship.”
A part of me knew that I was stupid for saying that. Even if I weren’t looking for a relationship, wouldn’t it be worth it to give it a shot? Just to say I was young once, and I did something wild—I went out with a billionaire.
He closed in on me, trapping me against the rail. Whoa, this is too close. My heart hammered when I glanceat his smiling face. He wore a faint sprinkling of cologne that made my skin flush with heat, or perhaps it was his dark eyes looking down at me as if I were a dessert he was dying to taste.
No one ever looked at me like that.
“Who said I wanted a relationship? I was just asking you out for coffee.”
“Meeting for coffee is a date. Dating implies relationship.”
“We can skip the coffee and get dinner instead. Dinner implies fucking.”
Jesus Christ this guy is forward.
My cheeks blazed with heat. “Gee, thanks for spelling out the facts of life.”
