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He huffs. “Too gentle, Peach?”
“Maybe.”
“You bruise too easy.”
Ah… Like a peach. I get it. “But I like it.”
“I know. Doesn’t mean I have to.”
I pout. “You don’t want me to get bored with you, do you?”
That strikes a nerve. A slight twitch moves his mouth, and it reads like a flinch. “Just let me know when I’m dismissed,” Drew grumbles.
I approach him, wanting to rest my hand on his arm, but hesitating. We’re not like that. We’re not close like that. I fold my arms tightly over my chest. “I’m not bored,” I say in a low voice.
He meets my gaze.
“At all,” I add.
“Prove it,” he says.
“How?”
“Come out with me and Jericho Wednesday night. Bring Elodie. We’ll meet someplace downtown where no one knows you. Dress like a regular boy.”
I narrow my eyes. “Why?”
His answer is a shrug, but it’s not good enough for me. “Why?” I ask again.
“You said you were out of friends. Expand your circle.”
“But you’re?—”
Drew lifts his brows. “A doorman?”
“Yeah.”
“I clean up all right.”
Of that, I have no doubt. He’s so gorgeous—so universally attractive—there’s no way I’d be ashamed to be seen with him. It might even be—cool.
The more I think about it, the more tempting the offer is for a few reasons. He’s dead right. I don’t want to be alone with Elodie any more than I already have to be, which is already too much. Beyond that, this whole idea of him inviting me out appeals to my need to belong. But most of all, there’s an assumption I can make, too—he wants to see me while he’s off.
Maybe he can’t stand the thought of not seeing me for two days. While that could be wishful thinking, I’m not the world’s worst at reading people. It’s one of my only skills, and it works way better when I’m not coked out of my mind.
“Okay,” I say.
“Yeah?”
I nod.
“Mmm…” he rumbles. “Good boy.”
I roll my eyes and shake my head like that shit doesn’t get me every damn time, but I’m pretty sure my red-hot cheeks give me away. “Don’t read too much into it, Jack. I’m just curious what you look like in the wild.”
“Sure you are.”
“I’m gonna shower.” Mainly because I’m a heartbeat away from kneeling down to get us both off again, but I’m afraid I’ll try something neither of us is ready for.
