Page 104 of Nobody's Girl

“I just want to know what you think about such a thing,” she said with a little pout on her red, kiss-swollen lips.

His light beard had rouged her cheeks, making them glow pink. She was young, so full of that youthful glow he so admired in women. What you got with younger women was a thing you didn’t get with older ones who’d been around the block a time or two. You got trust.

Griffin knew he didn’t deserve trust from Jess. She was right to be asking him the things she did. She was right to trust her intuition about him and what he was after. If he’d been a man who was not in the middle of a bet that he couldn’t get out of, then he’d have stopped it all right then and there.

It was true; he hadn’t picked Jess out on his own. But she was perfect for him. Why in the world did she have to be so great and so intuitive? That would make things so much harder!

Her question had hung in the air longer than it should’ve as he thought about what he should say. It made Jessica worried she’d set him off and she’d lost the chance to get to him and make him sorry he’d ever thought about using her.

She changed her demeanor as she ran her arms around his neck and kissed him instead of waiting for his answer. It didn’t really matter anyway. She was sure he was still set on the course of getting her into bed before the others got her sisters into their beds. She didn’t need to try to get to him. If he’d had an ounce of respect for her, for real, he’d have told her about the dumb bet and told his friends he was out of it.

The fact he hadn’t done that spoke louder than any word that had come out of his mouth. No matter how nice he seemed, Griffin was set on winning the bet at the cost of her pride.

It was odd how her heart felt so heavy over a man she didn’t even know. Jess wondered why in the hell that was. She’d never been seriously in love with anyone before. She had no idea what a broken heart felt like.

So why was what she knew Griffin Houser was up to with her making her feel like her heart was breaking? Why would anything a stranger do make her feel so full of emotion?

Jess had no clue as to why she felt that way. All she knew for sure was that she hoped like hell his heart ached like hers was when he found she’d gone without a word to him.

And she hoped her face would stick in his head for a very long time. She knew she’d be seeing his face in her dreams. He was the best-looking man she’d ever had interested in her. Then she reminded herself that he wasn’t really interested in her at all.

Jess was just a piece of ass to the man, nothing more or less than that. She could’ve been any woman that night. It didn’t matter who; it just mattered how quickly he could get what he was after.

Any female subject would do!

Chapter 11

Kel gave their cousin Marty the thumbs up as she had Ethan in a frenzy of desire and right where she wanted him to be when she ran out on him. The lights went lower, nearly all the way out.

“Time to close the pub, I think, Ethan. Is this where we end the night? Or do you want to get to know each other even better?” she asked him.

“I want you to come with me, Kel. Stay the night with me. I’ll take you somewhere nice,” he said as he kissed her neck. His dick was as hard as a diamond, and Kel was having a hard time not giving into the man. But she had to.

“Call a cab, and I’ll meet you outside,” she said. “I need to make a quick bathroom stop before we go. Girl stuff, you know.”

He grabbed her face and left a hard kiss on her lips, making them pulse even more. “I cannot wait to get you in that backseat. I hope I have the patience to get you to a hotel room before I devour you, my love.”

“Me too,” she said with a giggle. Then she left Ethan and headed to the ladies’ room.

The lights triggered Cait and Jess to make their getaways too. Cait had Phoenix go outside to hail a cab, and Jess sent Griff to get one too. The sisters made their way to the ladies’ room too and peeked around the corner, seeing the men exchange high fives, further pissing them off.

“Assholes,” Cait whispered. “They deserve those blue balls they’ll have to find ice packs for.”

Jess nodded in agreement. She couldn’t talk, as a lump had formed in her throat. She’d held out hope until that very moment that Griffin would do the right thing and let his friends know he was out of the bet they’d made.

Instead of the bathroom, the women went out a back door and got into Kel’s car that was parked in the employee parking lot behind the pub. They went out a back way and down the road to their family’s home. Not one of them felt like talking. The silence hung heavy in the air.

When they got home, Kel realized she’d left her purse at the pub. Her cell was inside of it. “Did either of you give your phone numbers to your guys?” she asked her sisters as they made their way into the large two-story brick home they’d grown up in.

“No,” Cait said. “Why, did you?”

Kel nodded, and Jess shook her head as she said, “That was foolish, Kel. They were only using us all. I think you’re still gullible.”

“Most likely,” Kel said. “I’m glad I left my purse at the pub. I’d probably answer Ethan’s call and sneak out to meet him. I’m such a dumbass.”

Cait wrapped her arm around her older sister. “You’re not a dumbass. You’re just sexually frustrated. You need to get some action, and soon.”