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Idon’t know if I want to go to your bakery,” Ivy says with a laugh, making me glare at her. She waves her hand, dismissing me easily, considering she’s been doing it since we were kids.
But damn, I don’t want her to offend Marina. She’s sensitive enough about her family business.
They’re laughing, though. Having a good time together. Archer leans back in his chair with an arrogant expression on his face. Like he has me all figured out and knows that I’m already halfway whipped when it comes to this woman.
Not that I’d ever admit he’s right.
“Trust me, I feel the same way sometimes! God, the things my aunt can create. Her breakfast muffins are to die for. If I didn’t watch myself so carefully, I’d end up fat as can be.” Marina laughs, the sound warming me deep inside, and I chance a look at her.
She’s beautiful. Her eyes are sparkling and her smile is wide. My sister looks happy. This was exactly what I wanted to avoid and look at the two of them. Hitting it off and acting like they’re old friends.
What a night it’s been. We’ve actually been getting along,making conversation that didn’t involve us calling each other names or me saying something infinitely stupid.
I had one minor slipup. Well, a few, if I count the most recent blunder, me confessing that Ivy is my sister. I think that sort of blew Marina’s mind.
We’re getting along now. Everything’s rockin’. I still can’t believe the way she attacked me in my car. Talk about the hottest experience of my life. I’ve never done something that wild, never had a woman jump me after becoming aroused by my driving my freaking car.
I barely know her, and yet I feel like this woman sitting at my side was made for me.
Marina’s had a couple of glasses of wine, and the alcohol has loosened her up. Maybe the sex earlier did too, I don’t know. She’s pretty damn easygoing, and I like it.
I like her.
The scent of her hair drives me crazy. It wafts toward me every time she turns her head, her ponytail swinging. I love the sound of her laughter. I haven’t heard it very often, but I plan on changing that. I love her smile too. She’s very expressive, all that cool blonde mystery from the first night I met her seemingly evaporated. In its place is an open, smiling woman. Full of laughter and easy conversation, sexy as hell wearing that thin, glittery black top that dips low in the front, offering me a generous view of her cleavage.
Breasts I had my hands all over not an hour ago. Her nipples were in my mouth. I can still hear her ragged moans when I sucked them deep. I remember her naked body, wrapped all around me as she rode me hard.
Yeah. Fuck. This woman... she’s blowing my mind.
Ivy had been wary at first. I don’t normally bring womenaround her, and we threw her for a loop when she found out we’d only just met. She knows I haven’t been serious about a woman in a long time. If ever.
“We should definitely do that,” Marina says with an enthusiastic nod.
Her words bring me back down to earth. “Do what?” I ask her, glancing from my sister back to Marina.
She turns to look at me, those sparkling blue eyes trained on my face, making my blood burn. For her. “Oh, your sister suggested we go on a shopping trip together soon. I was just telling her how it’s been forever since I went clothes shopping, and she offered to go with me into San Francisco for the day. Sounds like fun, don’t you think?”
Reality butts its ugly head into my mind, and I frown. The two of them are almost getting too close when this... thing between Marina and I will go nowhere. Because that’s what always happens. Yeah, I’m into this woman more than I’ve been with any woman, but I know my patterns. This won’t last. It never does. “You’re not constantly shopping, huh? I thought that’s what all women do.”
“Oh my God,” Ivy mutters while Archer full-out groans.
Marina glares at me, her eyes narrow, her lips tight. “I cannot believe you just said that. Are you for real?”
There I go again, saying the worst thing ever and offending Marina. Thought I had it under control since we’ve been getting along so well tonight, but I guess not. I swear it’s like my brain shuts down when I’m around her, and I blurt out the stupidest things with absolutely no thought. “I was kidding?” I offer weakly.
“Yeah right,” she mumbles, her eyes hot with anger as they shoot daggers at me.
If looks could kill...
Hell, I can’t tell if she’s really mad or not.
Archer stands. “Hey Gage, come with me for a minute. I want to show you something.”
“What do you want to show me?” Now I’m confused. Maybe I’m the one who’s had too much wine. Or maybe I’m just drunk on Marina...
“Let’s go outside,” he says with a giant smile on his face, but it looks fake as hell.
I follow him outside wordlessly, the front of the restaurant still crowded with people waiting for a table. We end up around the side of the building, the cool night air washing over me as a breeze blows over us, relieving my overheated body and brain.
