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The air has shifted between us and a small twinge of regret about doing this starts to creep up my spine.
“Any rules that you need me to follow?”
“Just act as though you’re madly in love with me and we’ll be good.”
My brows knit becausethatwasn’t exactly part of the plan. “Organically, I hope.”
“However it is that you normally act.”
I blow out a silent breath because I’m not going beyond the call of duty here. I’m not going to maul this man like a woman with self-esteem issues. The part where I act like I think he’s highly attractive won’t be hard, but as far as physical stuff, I still don’t know what he wants.
“So, kisses on the cheek.”
I see Kai glance over at me from my peripheral. “The guys you’ve been in love with you just kiss on the cheek?”
“Who said I’ve ever been in love?” I turn my head back over to him, forcing him to give me the play-by-play on how this is going to go down because it’s still vague as hell.
“You’ve had to have been.”
“Why’s that?”
Kai’s gaze drops down the front of my dress again before he turns his attention back to the road. “There’s no way no man has tried to wife you yet.”
My ex did before I found out he was cheating, but I’m not going to get into that drama-filled story.
“Maybe I didn’t give them a chance.”
“You’re painting yourself to be a hard-ass, Molly, but your name isMolly.”
“So?” I’ve never had anyone try to judge my character based on my name before, but I’m not offended. More amused than anything that he’s so sure about it.
“So, I’m highly aware that you’re sexy as hell on the outside,” he vouches, “but you’ve got to be sweet on the inside.”
I scoff even though he’s not wrong, but don’t respond. My brother is kind of like Kai. He has this unclear way of talking when there’s something he doesn’t necessarily want to speak about and it drives me absolutely insane at times.
In other words, I’m used to this.
“Aren’t you?” I know that I’ve won when I hear the unsure tone in Kai’s words.
“That doesn’t matter,” I reply, just as hazy. “I need to know if you want to hold hands, and are you comfortable with me putting my hand on your thigh or leaning in to whisper some dirty in your ear when, really, I’m only asking you if you can go grab me another drink in the next two minutes.”
A deep rumble that sounds like a chuckle slices through the air from Kai’s side of the car and I steal a look to see that it is, indeed, him.
It sounds amazing on him, I’m not going to lie. However, this man sounds like he’s suffering some remnants of a bad relationship.
“I’m good with all that,” he claims. “In fact, I encourage it.”
3
KAI
Thisweddingisafucking joke.
I find that I’m not anxious or irritated but that it’s been a big waste of my time over two individuals that I could give a fuck about.
Meanwhile, my daughters have been running around like little terrors in curls and pink tulle.
I don’t stop them.
