“Pretty sure I never fully worked off my debt. Maybe tonight?—”
I tossed down my pool cue. “I forfeit! Bailey is too good. Who wants another round of beer?”
The guys all chorused their agreement.
“I’ll go with—” Chris started.
“No.” I gave him a stern look. “Nothing’s happening. You’re wasting your time.”
Silas broke away from the group. “Need a hand with the next round?”
“Let’s do it.”
We wrapped up the games, grabbed a couple of tables, and ate and drank for a couple of hours before piling back into the limo. I was careful to keep my distance from Christian. He’d sulked most of the evening after my rude dismissal, but I couldn’t bring myself to care.
I was more interested in the looks Silas had been giving me ever since that little bet.
As we settled into the limo, I tugged him into the space beside me. “Sit here.”
“Someone’s bossy,” he said with a laugh.
“Mm-hmm. And other things.”
He raised an eyebrow. “What other things?”
“I’ve got a question for you.” I leaned in to murmur in his ear. “Do you care if anyone knows about our…thing?”
“Our thing?” He laughed. “No, I don’t?—”
I grabbed his face and kissed him long and hard, unable to resist another second.
The guys whistled and hooted and laughed. But I didn’t care. I wanted Silas to know he was the only guy I saw.
If Christian saw that too, well, that was just a bonus.
Silas fisted my shirt, pulling me in, and kissed me with just as much heat.
“Get a room,” Christian grumbled.
I grinned against Silas’s mouth. “That sounds like a great idea.”
CHAPTER 23
Silas
The limo droppedBryson and me off at his place, then carried on down the street to deliver the rest of the party. Christian had sent me a dirty look as we left the car.
“I don’t think your ex likes me much,” I said as we stumbled up the porch steps to the boarding house.
Bryson steadied me with an arm around my waist. “That’s because he watched me drool over you all night.”
I scoffed. “Pretty sure I was drooling.”
“Mutual drool.”
I snickered, finding that ridiculous and charming. Somehow, laughing led to kissing. I fell against the exterior wall next to the door, pulling Bryson closer. I wanted him inside me again. I broke for breath. “Fuck me, Bry! Please.”
“Shhh!” He laughed. “We’re going to wake the whole house.”
