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“I’m free tonight.” His mouth is far too close to my ear.
“Mom and Dad are expecting me.”
“Rule number three. No time limits. Let them know you won’t make it home tonight.”
Seven
Ballz
“Ihavetohelpa friend in the morning.” Is Cindy trying to back out?
“Can you do it a different time?”
“No, she has to address a bunch of invitations for her stepmom.”
“I’ll drop you off.” I don’t have any plans to let her go before I have to.
She texts Mom and Dad that she’s staying with a friend. When she sets her phone down, I hand her a cheese knife. Jeff and Adrian are crowding us.
“Hold on a second. There’s one more rule we need to add.” I go to the whiteboard, and add number four while everyone trickles in.
4. If it’s not your date, you get the fuck out of the way.
“That’s fair,” Jeff says. “But who decided you get to go first?”
“Tell me you didn’t make a move on her when you were in the car.”
“Technically, I didn’t.”
I turn to Cindy, who I’d rather look at anyway. “Did he make a move after you left?”
“Technically, yes. Just not in the car.”
Ready to get Cindy alone, I clarify with Jeff, “So, my man, it seems you could have had your date, but your shot went wide.”
I make a shooing motion to my brothers then set my hand on Cindy’s lower back while guiding her to the kitchen.
“Will I need to defend myself?” She studies the knife while I get cheese out of the fridge.
“I hope you won’t want to.” I wink, and her smile showers my heart with happiness. That’s not how my dates usually start. Then again, I don’t really go on dates. I just hang out.
Which brings up a question I haven’t had to answer before… What do I do with these warm, fuzzy feelings being slap-shotted around my chest?
I’m finally on an actual date and it’s the woman who wants it to end after one night. I’d rethink my entire life if I wasn’t worried about maximizing every single second.
I know right here and now that Cindy is who I’ve been waiting for, and I have to fucking pretend it’s not real. I step behind her, pressing my body against hers, and reach to the side to pull a merlot cheddar in front of us.
Her exaggerated breaths cause her back to press into me on each inhale. I unwrap the cheese but I’d rather be unwrapping her out of the cute fucking little red and white dress. A prick tease if I’ve ever seen one. Appropriate, since she’s clarified we’re not having sex.
Instantly, I hate myself for thinking that way.
I can’t be bitter, even though I’m certain she planned on having sex with whoever won her in the auction…just not with her brothers.
Time to capitalize on my time alone with her, but since there’s no time limit on the date, how long can I keep it going? Only until my brothers revolt.
“You okay if we do this together?” I caress my fingers over her forearm.
“Yeah,” she says in the throatiest voice ever.
