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“I’ll be there,” I promise. “Nothing could keep me from it.”
CHAPTERFOUR
Gina
After dinner,I went to my hotel suite but decided to go to the casino less than twenty minutes later. I’m not the gambling type, but my cousin, Rocco Jones, is a retired professional poker player.
The tips he taught me years ago came in handy tonight during a few rounds of Texas Hold’em.
I took a seat at the table with five hundred dollars in chips and left an hour later with five times that.
After that, I decided to reward myself with a drink.
Since I entered into an agreement with a well-known whiskey brand before I left New York, I was obligated to snap a selfie with a tumbler filled with their offering at a specific bar in the resort.
As soon as I took my first and only sip, my brother texted me, asking what I was up to.
That’s Dominick’s standard question when he’s checking in on me.
I replied honestly when I told him I was in a bar having a drink. A small part of me hoped that he would offer to join me, but that didn’t happen. I haven’t had much one-on-one time with him recently, and I could use it.
My brother is wise beyond his years, and I’ve been contemplating making a big change in my life for a few months. I want his take on it, but that can wait until after his wedding and honeymoon.
“My pants are made of boyfriend material. Want to cop a feel, beautiful?”
Eww.That voice alone is enough to send me racing out of here. It belongs to a man who hit on me forty-five minutes ago. He’s been making the rounds in here and even ducked out for a time to likely head to another of the many bars in this luxury resort.
“You’re embarrassing yourself. Leave her alone.”
That voice sends a charge through me. I’d recognize it anywhere because it almost always hits me the same way. Desire pulses through me even if that’s not what I want to feel.
I glance over my shoulder to see Daniel standing next to the cheesy pickup line guy.
“I was talking to her, not you.” The stranger shakes his head, keeping his gaze pinned to me. “I think I’m in love, and you’re messing with my game.”
“Your game?” I pipe up before Daniel can get a word in. “You don’t have game. You have weak pickup lines. Seriously, they’re pathetic.”
That draws the guy’s thick black brows up toward his hairline. “What?”
“You heard me,” I say. “Have you ever met a woman who actually liked any of the lines you use? Be honest.”
I catch the smirk on Daniel’s face as the guy’s head shakes. “No.”
“Go back to the drawing board.” I point toward the exit of the bar. “Don’t subject another woman to your bullshit tonight.”
“You don’t hold back.” He laughs.
“I’m doing you a favor.” I sigh. “You’re wasting your time and the time of any woman who is looking for a decent man.”
“Is that what you’re looking for?” Weak pickup line guy asks. “Are you looking for a decent man?”
“No,” I answer quickly. “I’m not looking for a man.”
“Because there’s someone in the picture?” He casts his gaze in Daniel’s direction for his next question. “Is it you?”
“Nope,” I spit out with a laugh, not waiting to hear Daniel’s response. “It’s not him.”
It’s not anyone, but neither of these men needs to know I’m single and plan to stay that way.
