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“Hey.” Keene backhanded him in the gut. “Suck it, fucker. I’m awesome.”
Meanwhile, Oaklynn moaned in pleasure as she took a bite of her toast. “Oh my God. This is so good. Damien, have you tried this with chocolate yet?”
She held it up and slightly over her shoulder to offer me some, so I leaned in to take a bite.
“It’s not any of you,” Hudson assured us as I chewed and nodded my head in approval. “It’s one hundred percent her. She’s…simply put…a bitch.”
Oaklynn sputtered out a laugh, gripping my arm as she did. “Oh my God,” she said. “Wow. Why are you dating her, then?”
Keene snorted, choosing a piece of avocado toast for himself before drawing on it with chocolate. “Isn’t it obvious?” He flashed the letters S-E-X that he’d written with the chocolate. “Great sex.”
“Uh…” Hudson made a face in disagreement. “No. There’s actually been no sex yet.”
“Dude,” Keene shrieked in outrage. “Then, why the fuck are you dating her?”
“Because I basicallyhaveto.” Hudson hitched up his shoulder with one of his casual, no-nonsense shrugs. “Her dad owns the restaurant.”
“I’m lost,” I admitted, shaking my head.
Oaklynn pointed back at me in agreement. “Yeah, me too. Shouldn’t sneaking around with the boss’s daughter be a reasonnotto date her? Because you could getfired?”
“You would think,” Hudson admitted with a heavy sigh. “But as soon as she noticed me in the kitchen and started flirting with me, I was warned by, like,everyoneto never tell her no or do anything to upset her. I guess she wanted some other guy from the kitchen a couple of months before I started there, but he had a wife and turned her down.” Lifting his brows severely, Hudson finished with, “He was fired the next day. Which means I’m going to do whatever the fuck she wants in order tokeepmy damn job.”
“Then… You’re just going to keep dating her until…when?” Keene demanded, shaking his head in confusion. “Until you two are married with five kids and a house in the suburbs?”
Hudson merely gifted him with one of his classic shrugs. “I don’t mind kids. And what’s wrong with the suburbs?”
“This is terrible,” Alec exclaimed, beginning to look genuinely freaked out. “You can’t just let her do that to you, man. She’s going to take complete control over you, and we’ll never see you again.”
“Oh my God,” Hudson sputtered in amusement. “Will y’all relax? This is not that big of a deal. She’s a spoiled little rich girl who gets everything she wants and grows bored with her toys about as soon as she gets them. And that’s all I am to her. A shiny new toy. So why not simply let her play for the five-minute attention span she’ll give me, and then let her move on of her own accord? She gets what she wants, I keep my job—which is whatIwant—and we both go away happy. No harm done.”
“Uh, I wouldn’t be too sure about that, bud,” Oaklynn said, her voice filled with complete disagreement. “I mean, you’re prime real estate. I don’t see this girl moving on any time soon. You’re way too laid back and accommodating.”
He tilted his head in confusion. “You say that as if it’s a bad thing.”
“It’s not,” she assured. “ForGenesis. If she’s really the spoiled, rich girl you’re describing, then she’s going to justlovehow you’ll do whatever she says. Because girls like that… They don’t really want boyfriends. They want Ken dolls they can position and dress up however they please. And you’re the perfect type to just sit back andlether.”
When she leaned against me after talking as if seeking comfort, I hugged her close and kissed the side of her face.
But Hudson merely sighed as if not that concerned. “I guess I better start naming those five kids, then.”
“I wouldn’t bother,” Alec said, drizzling chocolate along his finger. “I’m sure she already has.”
As he licked it off, Keene snickered and nudged Hudson’s arm. “You are so fucked. This is awesome.”
“It’ssadis what it is,” Oaklynn muttered. “I mean, how can you just be in this relationship becauseshewants it? What about whatyouwant?”
“I’mgettingwhat I want,” Hudson assured. “I want to keep working at Villa de Gusanos.”
“Wait, wait.” Oaklynn lifted her hands, sounding as if she was trying to keep in a laugh. “I’m sorry, but did you just sayVilla de Gusanos? Seriously?”
“Yeah. Why?” Hudson shook his head, confused.
Oaklynn snickered. “You know that means worm village in Spanish, right?”
Alec snorted out a laugh. “Is that a specialty there, Ivey?Worms?”
Keene cackled along with him, and the two leaned against each other, giggling uncontrollably.
