There’s no stopping my nose from scrunching.“Jewelry?”
“Something like what that crazy bitch threw into the ocean when her and Leo didn’t work out?”
My forehead crinkles in confusion.
“Is this where you tell me you’ve never seen the movieTitanic?”
“Is this where you leave my arms if I say I haven’t?”
“Yes.”
“Then no.”
Additional snickers leave us both along with her playfully attempting to pull away.
Unfortunately, a deep, familiar voice grunts, “You two look…” Garcia waits for our gazes to cut over to where he’s standing in the coastal themed room’s doorway, “acquainted.”
Guilt pushes me to create distance, to prepare to explain, to soothe his ego, to tell him whatever it is he wants to hear, yet is dismissed courtesy of the cut off shorts bearing female in my arms.“And you look…” she cocks her head sassily to the side, “constipated.”
Shock mixes with mirth encouraging my mouth to briefly become agape.
“I’m not,” insists the man across the room.
“Oh, so you’rejealous.” Additional snark slithers through her expression.“I tend to confuse the two when it comes to you.”
He leans his unbuttoned shirt covered shoulder against the frame.“Perhaps I’m simply disgruntled because I wasn’tinvitedto…” one hand flails around before defiantly falling in front of the dress pants he changed into the second we left Ravencroft’s estate, “whateverthis is.”
“Perhaps because you said you wanted to drinkalone,” she refutes.
“A polite offering could’ve still been made.”
“And a polite shot still could’ve been saved.”
It’s his turn to let shame slip into his stare.
Huh.
How does she do that?
How does she just…become the apex predatorofthe apex predator instead of his prey?
“What do you hate more, Counselor?”Another snarky expression slips onto her face.“That I don’t give a fuck about what other people think or that you do?”
He slowly shakes his head in tandem with folding his arms across his chest.“Veo que sigues siendo el pequeño rebelde sin causa de papá.”
“I may be ‘Daddy’s little rebel without an alleged cause’-”
“I thought you didn’t speak Spanish,” escapes in a whisper.
“-but you’re still Corporate Daddy’s little yes man without any balls.”
Rage narrows his glare along with his tone.“Tengo pelotas.”
“Would those be the ones Zerodidn’tget to lick earlier?”
Both of our jaws crack open in surprise.
“Is thatreallywhy you’re so fucking pissy we’re in bed together?Because he might get his dick suckedagaintoday when you haven’t even busted once?”
