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Hannah frowned. “But, he brought you here tonight. That has to mean something, right?”
I shrugged and threw my hands up. “I don’t know! He’s all over the place. One minute he’s kissing me and telling I’m his, the next he’s acting like I’m a stranger!”
Hannah tapped her chin thoughtfully. “You know, this isn’t that different from how Nikolai acted with me when we first got together. He was all over the place, too.” Hannah broke out in a grin. “I think he likes you but is, sort of, freaking out about it.”
I looked at her doubtfully. “I don’t know. I know Jack’s pattern with girls. Him blowing me off after the sex seems like his usual MO.”
“Yeah, but he brought you here tonight, which I don’t think he’s ever done with another girl. I mean, I’m sure he’s given girls rides, but not when it could look like a date. And he didn’t look happy when he found out about you tutoring Mike Crenshaw. In fact, he looked pissed.”
My mood brightened. “Yeah, he was quick to tell me that Mike didn’t need any tutoring, he kept asking me about what was going on with us, telling me Mike’s shady, stuff like that.”
“So, he is jealous!” Hannah crowed.
I shrugged. “I mean, maybe? Again, who can tell? He’s so confusing.”
Hannah chuckled. “Oh, I don’t think there’s any question, Ava. Did you see how he acted when Mike was talking to you? He practically peed on your leg. He was marking his territory.”
I considered what she said and nodded slowly. “You might be right.”
“Oh, I’m right.” Hannah looked over my shoulder then shot me a calculating grin. “Want to test our theory? Make him admit how he feels?” Hannah was now tenting her fingers, much like Montgomery Burns, clearly plotting something.
“Oh, god, what are you thinking?”
She jerked her chin in a direction behind me and through the doorway, I saw Mike Crenshaw standing in the kitchen. “Start talking to Mike. I’ll go back to the guys and tell Jack about it and see what he does. I bet you a million dollars he comes tearing in here after you.”
“I feel kind of bad using Mike to test Jack.”
“Oh, you feel bad using the guy who lied to you?” Hannah asked in a sweetly sarcastic voice.
I snorted. “Well, when you put it like that…”
“Exactly.”
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Chapter 24
Jack
I watched Ava walk up to the house with Hannah, or more specifically I watched her ass. I knew why she dragged Hannah off to the bathroom. She obviously hadn’t told her that we’d had sex.
Nikolai followed my gaze and smirked. “So, Becker, what’s going on with Ava?”
I shrugged. “What do you mean?”
Nikolai snorted. “Shut the fuck up. Since when do you take girls on dates?” He cocked his head giving me a speculative look. “You fuck her yet?”
I nearly spit out the beer I had just sipped. “What?”
Nikolai shot me a get-real look. “Don’t play dumb with me—you told me you were going to. I just need to know how to deal with Hannah when she inevitably comes complaining to me about you dumping Ava after you’ve fucked her.”
I cleared my throat. “Yeah, well…” I took another drink of my beer. Nik knew I didn’t date, but I definitely wouldn’t engage in any behavior that remotely resembled dating with a girl I’d already slept with. So, why the fuck had I driven Ava here?
Nikolai nearly choked on his own beer. “You fucked her and now you’re here with her?”
I didn’t answer, just drank my beer until it was nearly empty.
Nikolai hooted with laughter. “Oh, you’re fucked, Becker. Welcome to the club.”
