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Riva gripped my shaking arms and shook me gently. “Take a deep breath, Sienna. He’s not worth it. He’s an arrogant, opinionated ass. You’re never going to see him again, so don’t waste your energy on him.”
I breathed in through my nose and out through my mouth. After repeating the exercise a couple of times, I began to feel myself relaxing.
“Now, let’s go in and have a nice little relaxation with the guys, and we’ll get them to wait on us hand and foot for the evening. How’s that sound?” Riva’s arm went around my back, and her touch was comforting.
“It sounds perfect,” I sighed.
“Good. Come on then.”
CHAPTERSEVENTEEN
Jeremy had invited Ruben and me over before Riva and I even had the chance to put our plan into motion. The next thing I knew, Riva and I were being deposited onto the couch and ordered to stay put while our guys made us all some delicious tomato soup.
When I told them what happened in our rideshare, they were livid about how I had been spoken to. Ruben held me tight and comforted me while Jeremy went off on a tirade about how men should treat women and that there weren’t many genuine gentlemen left these days. He said in their place were whiny little fuckboys who didn’t care about anything but how many likes their social media posts garnered.
“It’s so sexy watching two guys in the kitchen,” Riva said as she played with my fingers and grinned over at the boys.
A wicked smile touched my lips. “I agree with you.”
It was truly a sight to behold. My hot nerd and the sexy-as-sin English Viking working together to pamper us ladies got me all hot and bothered.
“Are you sure we can’t do anything to help?” Riva asked them.
“For the last time, no, Reeve,” Jeremy said. “You ladies have worked hard all day long, then to have that asshole speak to you like that, Sienna. It ain’t right.”
“Come on. You haven’t worked all day?” I asked.
Jeremy lifted his shoulders. “No, not really.”
“I certainly haven’t, given I’m on holiday.” Ruben carried over spoons and napkins and set little bread rolls out on four saucers. Then he returned to the kitchenette to retrieve our bowls. Once he’d set those out, Jeremy brought the pot over, carefully divvied four servings of the soup, and returned to the kitchenette.
Riva and I then moved to the floor, where we all sat on cushions.
When Jeremy returned with four beers, he joined us.
Ruben held his beer up in the air. “Here’s to two beautiful and talented ladies who deserve to be treated as such.”
“Cheers,” we said in unison.
“You’re all right, Ruben.” Jeremy looked at me as he jabbed his thumb toward my boyfriend. “He’s a good man, Sienna.”
I nodded. “I have great taste if I do say so myself.”
“I think I lucked out with Sienna. To think I was such a loser in high school, with no luck with women or my studies. Now I’ve got Sienna and a fascinating job with Rawlins Industries. Sienna-Belle’s glorious and more than makes up for what I never had before.” Ruben blew on his spoonful of soup before putting it into his mouth.
“Ah, hell, I don’t think I know a single soul who thinks high school years were a boon. I was scrawny and got beaten up by bullies until third form. Then midway through fourth form, I joined the school football team and took on boxing in my afternoons which meant I began bulking up. My growth spurt also helped. I went from five-eight to six-three in twelve months.”
“What are you now?” I asked.
“Six-five.”
“So basically a giant,” Ruben piped up.
I don’t think Jeremy was sure how to answer, so he simply shrugged.
“Definitely a giant. A sexy, Viking-like giant with the hottest tattoos and body of anyone.” Riva’s mouth dropped open as she caught herself. “I said that out loud, didn’t I?”
“I’m flattered, princess. However, I’m no more attractive than our guests here. Or yourself, for that matter. Given how Ruben here introduced himself to the building last night, I would be inclined to say smoking hot.”
