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“Hey.”
I glanced up from the pies. Lucas was leaning on the counter. He looked a little embarrassed. “Sorry about my friend. He was trying to help me out, and instead he came off as an ass.”
Felicity, this is the type of guy you should be wanting.
“It’s fine. Congrats on your upcoming promotion.”
He smiled as he leaned on the counter. “Let’s not jinx it.”
“Did you guys need me to bring anything?”
“There’s no way I’m going to get that date, am I?” He looked so bummed. I wanted to say there was a chance, but leading someone on like that was messed up.
“You’re a great guy—”
“But I’m not your guy.”
“In your defense, I have horrible, terrible taste in men.”
“Yeah.” He chuckled. “That doesn’t help.”
“Sorry.”
“How sorry are we talking about? Like a kiss goodbye sorry?” He leaned in eagerly.
I gave him a look, and he nodded as he got it.
“Guys, we’re going to have to take a rain check on that pie,” he called to his friends, who shook their heads in disappointment as they left the diner.
“I hope your taste in men gets better, Ms. Felicity Harper.” He put his hat on and turned to leave.
I stood there for a split second before following him. Pushing the door open, I called after him. “Hey, sailor!”
They all stopped and glanced back to me. Walking up to him, I grabbed the sides of his face and kissed him slowly, but before he could respond, I let go.
“I told you I was sorry. I hope you find a girl who likes the beaches in Hawaii way more than the ones here.”
A grin spread across his face. He didn’t say anything, and I waved to his friends. I had gone only a few feet before I heard them cheering. They all jumped him and high-fived each other.
“What an amazing life you have. I don’t even know why you
bother working—oh, right, you barely do that,” Manny, my manger, said just loud enough for me to hear as he walked into the kitchen.
“Ignore him.” Rosemary laughed, linking her arms with mine. “How was the kiss with our favorite sailor?”
“Cold,” I replied honestly. Just like I’d expected, kissing him did nothing. I could have been kissing my arm and gotten more of a rise out it.
I wanted….
I was not going there.
Theo
“You were so right about this piece. It sets the whole tone for the rest of the work,” Tori said beside me. “It sounds so simple, yet the chords are far more complex. I had to call in a favor to have a friend of mine play it because I couldn’t. Are you sure she never had any formal training?”
“I told you everything I know, Tori,” I replied, watching Walt work through the choreography again with his dancers. But they either couldn’t do anything right, or he was in a pissy mood and was taking it out on them.
“Screw it,” Walt finally snapped. “Everyone take a break and think about whether or not you still want to be dancers for this company, because this is not good enough.”
