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“Some of the waitresses and bartenders keep complaining. I need to take a look at some of the footage I forwarded to my home computer and see exactly what the problem is.” Cedric shrugs, not once removing the arm he’s got on the back of my chair.
I find it comforting in a way. Something about him just soothes me, and I don’t understand it. I’m baffled by my own reactions to Cedric.
I should be running in the opposite direction, knowing he’s a Gheata, only he doesn’t seem to be like the rest of them.
“Well, after my doctor’s appointment, I’m heading over to Night’s Bliss,” Finley announces to the table.
“Are you finding out what you’re having?” Cedric smirks.
“We want to be surprised—I think.” Finley smiles brightly and looks to Vex sitting next to her.
I love the way the two of them look at each other. If I knew I could have what they do, I’d wish on a thousand stars for it. Only my life isn’t meant for anything, but heartbreak. When I was a little girl, I used to wish on shooting stars at night while sitting by the window in my room.
The conversation continues around us, and I relax even more as I listen to the banter between them all. Well, besides the one woman, she stays just as quiet as I do.
Once we’ve all finished breakfast, I offer to clean up, but they wave the idea away.
“We have someone who comes in, in the morning to clean up. She’d have a fit if we cleaned up,” Finley says, laughing.
“Remember when Deva threw a shit fit over the kitchen being cleaned, but Cedric wrecked the game room?” Mara-Lee snorts, causing Finley to spit out her tea from her nose as she puts her mug back on the table.
“Oh fuck, I remember it clearly,” Finley snickers, wiping her mouth with a napkin.
“Laugh all you want, wasn’t it you she took the water hose to for trampling mud into the house?” Cedric demands, pointing at Finley, getting in on the who did what.
“Deva chased Cedric through the house like a cat chasing a mouse and then threw the tramp who was sleeping on the pool table out.” Finley looks to Vex and grins. “This was before you and I found each other again, babe.”
“I know all about you and Cedric playing with skanks together.” Vex shrugs, smirking at Cedric. “I’ve got my own stories from before I moved down here. I’m just glad Omen and Ricochet haven’t talked about them.”
Omen and Ricochet? What kinda names are those?
“I’ll be sure to ask them. Give us some ammo against you.” Cedric smirks and throws a crumb at Vex.
“Yeah, that’s not going to happen. And speaking of Omen and Ricochet, the two of them are coming down with Abyss to visit,” Vex announces, standing from the table.
“Great, who wants to take a bet on Omen paying the fee to go to the second floor again?” Cedric asks and twists his head to meet my gaze. “Cuore mio, you can say we’re a wild bunch.”
“Um, okay,” I whisper, nodding, and cast my gaze to my lap.
Cedric’s fingers brush my cheek as he turns in his chair to face me. He grips my chin and forces me to look up. “Arwen, you okay?”
My lips part as I meet his much darker eyes. His eyes pull me in, mesmerizing me.
“You don’t have to look away every time I speak to you,” he murmurs huskily. The way the words roll off his tongue send a shiver down my spine straight to the place between my legs.
I’ve never been with someone I wanted, but when it comes to this man—I long for it. It doesn’t matter to me we just met.
“Do you wanna hang with me while I work in my office?” Cedric asks, releasing my chin, but keeps his eye locked with mine. “You don’t have to, but I’d like for you to join me.”
“Okay,” I murmur without hesitation.
Smiling, Cedric leans in and presses a kiss on my cheek.
“Well, as heated as this is getting in here, we’ve gotta get going,” Finley says loudly, breaking the trance between Cedric and myself.
Wow.
I didn’t realize I could feel something so spontaneously.
