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He shakes his head. “Both of you need to chill.”
I sip my whiskey, trying to forget about Eva Carmichael and the broken expression on her face after I kicked her out of my office. It’s impossible to erase the image, especially after how good it felt to kiss her, touch her. I ruined it all by telling her it could never happen again, which is what a man in my position should do, even if it’s not what I want.
“Oi, you’re here to unwind and not think,” Archer says, clapping me on the shoulder. “Stop thinking about the Carmichael girl!”
Gav’s brow shoots up at that. “Eva?”
I glare at Archer and then sigh. “Yeah, it seems the girl I intend to ruin to get to her parents is irresistible.”
Gav laughs. “She’s cute, for sure, but I wouldn’t have expected her to be your type.”
That irritates me as I sit straighter, staring at him sternly. “And what exactly do you think my type would be?”
He rubs a hand across the back of his neck, leveling his gaze at me. “Older than twenty-one.” He glances at Archer. “My two closest friends are perverts.”
Archer holds a hand to his chest. “How dare you?”
Gav laughs. “It’s true.”
I raise a brow. “Are you telling me you’ve never found a student attractive?”
There’s a flash of something in Gavril’s eyes, but it quickly disappears. “No, they’re too young, too immature.”
It’s what I would have said over a month ago. However, now I’ve met Eva, she’s all I can think about. “I thought that too,” I mutter.
“Has anything happened between you two?” Archer asks, suggestively quirking his brow.
I swallow hard. “I kissed her in my office.”
Gav spits his vodka out, but Archer looks unsurprised.
“You did what?” Gav asks, shaking his head. “I thought you wanted to ruin her family. How does that work if you ruin yourself as well?”
I narrow my eyes at Gavril. “Hence why I canceled all our one-on-one discipline classes and chucked her out of my office.”
“Sounds like you did one thing right,” Gav says.
I dig my nails into the palm of my hand, trying to quieten the darkness swirling beneath the surface.
“I’m not so sure. It’s clear that you like Eva, so why don’t you be the one to ruin her reputation?” Archer’s head tilts to the side slightly. “Or is it because you care for her?”
I grind my teeth, wishing that he wasn’t so perceptive, even if he acts like a clown most of the time. “Perhaps.” I shrug. “I’m not sure. All I know is she’s not what I expected.” I meet Gavril’s questioning glare. “She’s not a spoiled mafia princess.” I draw in a deep breath. “She nothing like them.”
“Are you forgetting what her parents took from you?” Gavril asks, almost sounding angry.
I know my two friends are invested in my plan, and they want to see me get my revenge on the two pieces of shit that burned my world to the ground. However, everything has become blurred and unclear ever since I met Eva. What once was as simple as anything is so fucking complicated, I can’t make heads or tails of anything anymore.
I knock back the rest of my whiskey and slam the glass down on the table. “Enough of this. I agreed to come out because I want to forget about it, not talk about it.” I wave a server over, and she takes my order for another round. “Let’s get drunk and forget about the Carmichaels.”
Gavril brings his glass up to his lips and sips, watching me cautiously.
Archer nods and knocks back the rest of his drink. “Here, here.” He smirks at me. “Let’s get drunk.”
Gav nods in agreement. “Sounds good to me.” He knocks back the rest of his vodka as another round arrives.
I signal the server before she leaves. “Keep them coming every twenty minutes and put them on my tab,” I say, handing her a fifty-dollar bill.
She smiles, batting her eyelashes. “Of course.”
