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“Margo, I’ll talk to you later, okay?” He hangs up the phone and studies me. “Sorry about that.”
“Your girlfriend?”Yeah, buddy, you’re busted.
For a moment he doesn’t say anything. Then, he grabs his glass and finishes his drink. “Actually, we broke up.”
I blink, not sure what to say or think. “Oh.”
“How did you know I had a girlfriend?”
“Um, you’re gorgeous. And, I did my research before the shoot,” I admit. He nods, not looking happy about the conversation or the call. “Why did you break up? If you don’t mind me asking.”
“Because I don’t love her,” he answers without hesitation.
“That’s a good reason.” When his mouth edges up in that adorable smile that makes my insides quiver, I feel better. Knowing they aren’t together anymore is a relief because I’m really into this man. Like I’ve never been into anyone before.
I’m so curious about him and I want to know everything there is to know about Nick Knight.
“Have you loved a lot of women?” I ask and finish my drink. The question can be taken a couple of different ways and I’m wondering how he will choose to answer.
“Are you asking me how many women I’ve loved or bedded?”
I shrug. “Either. Both.” Even though I’m dying to know how many people he’s been with, his number is probably so high that it’ll make me nauseous.
“It’s not my style to carve a notch on my bedpost after every fuck, but I’m not going to lie. I’ve had my fair share.”
When he doesn’t say anything else, I press further. “And, love?”
He scoffs. “Love isn’t for me.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t fall in love, Savannah. It makes you vulnerable and miserable when things eventually don’t work out. Because, trust me, they never do.”
“Well, that’s depressing.”
“So is having a romanticized view of the world. Life isn’t a fairytale and if more people realized that, they’d be better off.”
“It sounds like someone got his heart broken and now he’s jaded.”
“No. I never got my heart broken because I already told you-- I don’t fall in love.”
I listen to his words, but I always believed that loving someone just happens. It’s not something you have control over. I guess Nick just hasn’t found anyone yet who has been able to stir up any kind of deep emotion within him.
I rest my chin in my hands and study the emotionally-crippled man before me. I don’t care what he says, something happened to him to make him have such a negative attitude about love. “Poor Margo,” I say.
“It is what it is. She wanted things I couldn't give her.” Nick flags the waiter and orders us another round.
“I don’t know if I can drink anymore,” I say. “But, I’ll try,” I add and he chuckles. “Now, I believe it’s my turn, so...Truth or Dare, Nick?”
“I’m probably going to regret this, but truth.”
Good. Exactly what I was hoping he’d say. I’m about to put it all out there and either our night is just about to begin or end abruptly. Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment since Nick just told me he doesn’t fall in love or have any kind of deep connection with women, but I don’t care.
A part of me wants this man so badly, it makes me ache. I take a deep breath then spill it. “If I ask...will you spend the night with me tonight?”
Hunger flares in his eyes. “Yes,” he says in a raspy voice.
My heart drops at the single word and a million butterflies beat their wings inside my stomach. “Good to know,” I say.
