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I meet his gaze, but I can’t find the words.
He smiles kindly. “I’m too old for you, for one, and even if that wasn’t an issue, I’m James’ father. Even though we may not be getting along the best right now, or ever, I don’t think that he would appreciate…”
“Did you know he cheated on me?” I fire back.
His eyes snap to mine, and I see disbelief in his gaze, followed swiftly by anger.
“He… he what?”
“I caught him in bed with that bitch he’s been flaunting all over Facebook,” I say, folding my arms over my chest. “Of course, he tried crawling back a few weeks later, but when I told him to take a hike, he went back to her. She works in his building, and it had been going on for a month before I caught them.”
“Ariana, I had no idea. I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t be.” I wave a hand at him. “I was pretty sure he hadn’t told you, since you didn’t even know we’d broken up. And trust me, I’ve thought about it, and by telling you that it’ll probably only push you farther away, because now you’ll think I’m only coming onto you to get back at him. Which I’m not, by the way.”
He stares at me.
I wish he didn’t have to be so goddamn handsome.
His hair is slicked back off his face from the water, and I am too distracted by his taught, muscled, tattooed body to even give a shit that I’ve been caught having a dirty perve.
Why does he go to the gym and work his butt off if he doesn’t want women looking?
He probably does.Just not me.
“You’re coming onto me?” He smirks, shaking his head like he can’t believe it.
Huh?That’s what he got from that.
I bite my lip. “I encouraged you. We both know I’m not innocent in this. I partook in the flirting, the touching, and I initiated the kiss…”
He looks down at my mouth, and he can’t hide the hunger in his eyes. I see it.
“Tell me honestly, are you not trying to get back at James?”
“No,” I say, looking him firmly in the eyes. “I swear to God, I’m not. Granted, I came here to get away from things, to have a vacation where I work on myself for the first time in a long time. Was I still peeved about James? Of course. It was only a few months ago, and nobody likes being cheated on, but I dumped him and threw all of his shit out. I’m also not heartbroken, Lukas. I’m glad. We weren’t meant to be, and that’s how I look at it. I didn’t want to waste any more time on someone not worthy of me, someone who could do that to me. And, I honestly never thought about you likethisbefore. I swear to God. I first started to feel something more than friendship in the pool that day.”
He takes a sip from his glass as he watches me. “And?”
“And, as I say, I spent all of last night going over what happened. I’m an overthinker from way back, I overanalyze everything.”
His lips twitch as he listens, and I wish I knew what he was thinking... if he was feeling the same way. I mean, I know he was last night, I felt it…
“Ariana, you’re going around in circles. What is it you’re trying to say?” His eyes command my answer. Like a true CEO, he cuts right to the chase.
“I… I don’t regret it, and… I wanted… I wanted more.”
He swallows hard. “Wanted, past tense?”
“No.” I shake my head. “God, this is so embarrassing.” I fold my head into my hands and wish the ground would swallow me whole.
He’s just making me feel like a fool.
I look up. “I should go.”
He nods. “That is probably best.”
Awesome. He doesn’t even want to hear me out. He doesn’t want me.
