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She pulls her plump bottom lip between her teeth. “One-night stands, huh?”
“That’s not us,” I growl, my hand finding her thigh under the table and giving it a firm squeeze. “I—”
“Can I interest you two in any dessert tonight?” the waitress asks, stacking the last few dishes from the table in her hands.
I keep my hand on Cassidy’s thigh. “Up to you, babe.”
She scrunches her nose, appearing unsure for a brief moment—when a waiter passes by with the dessert tray in hand and her eyes widen.
“We’ll take a look,” I tell our waitress who excuses herself with a promise to send the tray our way next.
“Aren’t you stuffed?” Cass whispers, placing a hand on her belly. “I don’t know if I can eat another bite.”
I am pretty full. “See what they got. We can always take it home with us.”
The dessert tray arrives and I watch my girl peruse her options: tiramisu, crème brûlée, chocolate lava cake, a rich and creamy cheesecake, and an old-fashioned apple cobbler.
She ogles the massive display piece of chocolate lava cake before peering up at me with those deep blue eyes that turn me into a much weaker man. “Will you split it with me?”
I chuckle. Is that even a question? “We’ll take the lava cake,” I say to the waiter.
“Coming right up, sir.”
Her hand finds mine on her thigh, turning it over and threading her fingers between my own. This evening has gone so damn well, I don’t think I could’ve imagined it going any better.
And we haven’t even gotten home yet…
I lean in for a kiss at the same time my phone blares to life with an incoming call.
“Goddammit,” I curse, fishing my phone from my pocket and flipping it around to see it’s Levi calling. What the hell could he possibly want? No doubt Stan told him about my date tonight with Cass. He should know better than to be calling me in the middle of it.
“Answer it,” Cassidy says. “I don’t mind.”
“You sure?”
“It could be something important,” she says. “And if it's not, you can tell him to buzz off.”
I raise a brow. “Buzz off, huh?”
She rolls her eyes, giggling. “You know what I mean.”
I chuckle, swiping my thumb across the screen and bringing it to my ear. “What’s up?”
Loud music blasts in the background. “Hey, I know you’re busy, but you need to get down here—”
“Who the hell are you calling?” Rhett’s voice carries through the phone. “I told you not to call him.”
“Too fuckin’ late,” Levi slurs. “Anyway, you need to come grab Duke, bro. He’s all fucked up. Won’t listen to anybody. Roger already told him to leave twice. Now he’s threatening to call the cops. I’d take him home myself, but Brandy is here and…”
More likehe’sin no condition to be taking anyone anywhere. “What’s his problem?”
Levi’s quiet for a moment. “You know what day it is, right? Did you forget?”
A wave of guilt slams into me so hard I nearly shout. “Fuck.”
“—my name isn’tBrandy, you idiot.”
“It can be for tonight, darlin’.” My brother miserably tries to score with some chick while Rhett and Duke shout at one another in the background, but I can’t make out what they’re saying.
