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“Are you?” he asks.
“You’re hanging around too much estrogen. We’re not going to sit here and talk about our feelings.” I search my phone for the few contacts I have in the Hamptons.
I’m a little jealous that he’ll be doing the Hamptons. It’s something I’ve always wanted to experience but building a real estate company doesn’t afford you the weekends off. That’d be career suicide. The few times I’ve gone out for a party there, I envied my friends who drove out to the beach every Friday.
Enzo leans back in his chair. “Humor me, will you? Why are you so against a relationship? I had my own reasons, but what are yours?”
I blow out a breath and stare at him. Do we really want to do this now? “I’m twenty-nine. There’s no rush.”
“But one day?”
“Who are you—Ma? Just because you jumped off the bachelor plane and nosedived right onto the soon-to-be-married landing pad, don’t expect me to.”
He laughs, digs his wallet out of the pocket of his suit jacket, and tosses down cash. “I’ll talk to Annie and get the answers to your questions. Let me know about the place as soon as possible.”
I refrain from rolling my eyes at this new brother Annie has constructed with her magic pussy that gets him to do anything she commands. “You know we’re in the same building? We can share a cab.”
“Annie’s down the road having lunch with Mae. We’re cutting out early to head to Central Park for a walk.”
“You two are growing a new company, remember?”
He’s already standing and sliding his chair back in. “Sometimes you have to stop and enjoy what life is offering you.”
“Seriously, does she have a spell over you? What the hell?” I ask, pushing away my salad. My brother is someone I barely recognize these days.
He laughs and leaves the restaurant.
Kate grabs his plate and his cup. “Do you mind closing your tab? I’m leaving early today. Or I could have one of the other servers handle it when you’re ready.”
I take Enzo and Dom’s cash and hand her my card.
“We could share a cab?” she asks, my credit card between her two fingers, right by her breasts.
I lean back in my seat. Her invitation is obviously more than just to share a cab given that she has no idea where I’m headed next. It’d be so easy to go somewhere with her. But even I have a conscience. I’m game when the woman involved knows the score, but Kate? She’d want a boyfriend, and that’s not a name I intend to go by.
“Sorry, I have to get back to work.”
Her lips dip, and she walks to the hallway.
Guess I’ll add her to the list of women I’ve pissed off today. And just think, it’s only lunch.
