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“Nice is underrated.”
That was a matter of debate, but he agreed anyway. “True.”
She smiled. “You belong with a woman like Sophie.”
“I belong with Sophie.” He didn’t want to think about the day she’d leave. All he wanted to do was think about having her right now. Tonight.
Sophie and Bill returned to the table, and the four of them stared at each other awkwardly.
Bill cleared his throat then looked at Cheryl. “You ready to go?”
She shot up like she’d been catapulted from her seat. “Yes, I hate bars.”
“God, me too,” Bill said, before holding out a hand to Ryder. “It’s been fun, despite the weirdness.”
Ryder stood up and shook the guy’s hand. “Yeah, sorry about that. I hope we can still be friends.”
Bill shrugged one big shoulder. “It happens.”
Ryder slid his hand over Sophie’s hip. “If it makes any difference, she’s a real pain in the ass.”
Sophie turned on a dime and knocked his hand away. “You jerk. I’m a delight.”
He grinned down at her. “You’re a menace.”
“I am not.” She turned to Cheryl. “It’s me who’s saving you. He’s pure evil.”
Cheryl smiled. “He’s always been a complete gentleman to me.”
Sophie huffed. “Haven’t you heard? The devil is always a gentleman.”
Cheryl laughed. “Then I’ll consider myself saved.”
Sophie smirked up at Ryder. “And I’ll consider myself damned.”
His gaze flicked over her mouth. Oh, she was damned all right. He planned on multiple lines of torture. Just as soon as he had her first. Preferably within the next five minutes.
“Well, you two have fun, and good luck.” Bill shook his head before saying to Cheryl. “You want to go for ice cream?”
“Sure, I’d like that,” Cheryl said.
They waved and said good-bye.
Sophie turned to Ryder, and he raised a brow. “How’d he take it?”
“He already knew. He said it was obvious.”
“Cheryl too.”
She grinned. “I told him when he took Cheryl home he needed to make out with her in the car.”
Ryder reached for her, sliding his hand around the nape of her neck, and she shivered. “What did he say to that?”
“That he’d already been planning to do just that.”
He leaned down and nipped her bottom lip. He gripped her around the waist. “I hope those two find a way to have really fantastic vanilla sex.”
She shuddered, her eyes going dark. “We’re not going to have vanilla sex, are we?”
“Not in this lifetime, darlin’.”
“Good, because I have a really short attention span.”
He grabbed her wrist. “Time to go.”
