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I chuckled.
“You still smoke too, shithead.”
“Not as much as you,” I reminded him. To Sammy, smoking was a part of him. It was like the cigarette was an extension of his body. As much of an ass he could be, he didn’t smoke around others who didn’t and was courteous of pregnant women. He had a big heart but masked it with his crude words and vulgar humor.
“Truth.” He paused to take another drag. “Where did you spend the night?” he asked, his voice strained.
“At a friend’s place.” I figured that was a safer answer than explaining to him who Ainsley was to me. It wasn’t like he gave me a whole lot of information on Red either.
“A friend?” Sammy snorted. “Come on, Cyrus. I know you went to a woman’s place.”
“Nothing happened. I had some wine, so I didn’t want to drive. I haven’t slept with her if that’s what you’re implying.”
“Huh...I wonder what that’s like. I think Piper is the only woman I’m actually friends with that I haven’t fucked. Bee doesn’t count, since she’s family.”
“Tanner would have your head and Jaron would cut you up into little pieces, very slowly, and feed you to pigs while you’re still alive.” I chuckled at the thought. “He’d make you watch.”
“Well, that’s pretty graphic.”
“What did you do last night?” I asked, changing the subject.
“Nothing. Went to the club and came home.”
“Alone?” I sat up and left the couch in search of coffee.
“Yeah, man. Red wasn’t working and I didn’t want...well, it doesn’t matter.”
“You like her.”
“Nothing’s happened. I introduced myself, got her name, asked her to come home with me and she hasn’t. She’s got baggage...”
“And you want to help her carry it,” I finished for him.
“Something like that, C.”
“Have you slept with anyone since meeting her?” I recalled how he hadn’t brought a woman home in quite a while.
“Gotta go, brother,” he grumbled, disconnecting the call.
I laughed to myself, shaking my head. Shoving the phone back in my pocket, I searched through the cupboards until I found the coffee and got it ready.
While it was perking, I leaned against the counter when a movement caught my eye. Ainsley was coming down the hall toward me, rubbing her eyes.
My body stirred. She was wearing pajama shorts and a tank top. She must have changed some time during the night after she went to bed. I hadn’t seen her in that little amount of clothing before. She usually wore baggy clothes. While she wasn’t dressed up and her hair was a mess around her head, she was fucking flawless.
Clearing my throat, I waited for her eyes, needing them on me.
Her gaze landed on me, her eyes widening.
“Morning. You didn’t check your phone, did you?”
She shook her head.
“I texted you that I was spending the night. Didn’t want to drive after all that wine, so I slept on the couch.”
She nodded, giving me a small smile.Sleep okay?she asked, closing the final bit of distance between us.
I grabbed her hands, wrapped mine around them, and brought them up to my mouth.
