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He nodded. “I told her I’d share my pizza with her as thanks.”
“I told him that wasn’t necessary,” Emery interjected.
“But she should come, shouldn’t she, Dad?”
I looked at Emery, and she smiled. “Yeah, whatever you say, buddy.”
I won’t lie. I didn’t hate the idea of Emery coming to pizza night. I might’ve even suggested it if Sam hadn’t already beat me to it. And I was pleased to see that Emery wasn’t exactly against the idea either.
Sam slung his backpack over his shoulder, then grabbed my keys from my hand before bolting for the door. “I’ll start the truck!”
“Bye, Sam!”
“Bye, Em!”
He left the door open as he charged down the stairs, waiting for me to follow behind. I turned back to Emery as I told her, “Thanks for today. It meant a lot to him… me, too.”
“I was glad to do it, and I’ll do it again if he ever needs it.”
“I’m sure he will.”
I started out the door, but stopped when Emery called out, “Ravage?”
“Yeah?”
“I have a quick question.”
“Okay. What’s on your mind?”
“Friday night.”
“Okay. What about it?”
“Okay. Well, as your student…” She cocked her brow and smirked. “I’m having trouble with the whole dress sexy thing.”
“Oh yeah?” I couldn’t tell if she was fucking with me or not, so I narrowed my eyes and asked, “What about it?”
“I’m not sure I know how.”
“I think you do.”
“If I did, I would have a man, and I wouldn’t need you or your lessons.”
“Not sure how it works.”
“I don’t know either.” She raked her teeth across her bottom lip. “So, I’m going to need you to add that to the list.”
Oh, yeah. She was definitely fucking with me. I’d seen her look absolutely stunning without even trying. Hell, she looked sexy right now, and she was just in a pair of jeans. I could’ve called her on it, but I played along. “Fine. Consider it added.”
“Great.”
“I’ll be here at nine.”
“I thought you said ten.”
“That’s before the list got longer.”
She smiled in a way that let me know she’d just gotten exactly what she wanted. Yeah. I played right into her little hands, but it wouldn’t be long before she was playing into mine.
