violently. “No, I don’t know what the fuck he does on nights like tonight, but he does it all on his own. I don’t know if he hits up the red light district, or if he is out ravaging nuns or something. If I’m being honest, I’m kind of scared to find out.”
Okay, so that makes me laugh. “Okay, then. Would you like to watch a movie with me?”
“I don’t know. What about that show Lox is always talking about now? The porn show.”
I look at him like he’s lost it. “Huh?”
“You know, that one he and Sloan watch together because he says it would be too weird to watch with another guy.” He taps his head trying to think. “It’s some sort of vampire show or something.”
“Oh! You mean True Blood . Yeah, it is kinda like ‘B’ porn. It’s an okay show. The lead girl kinda gets on my nerves, but her brother is soooo freakin’ hot.”
He looks like a little kid with his eyes bouncing around. “So can we watch it?”
I shake my head and laugh. “Yeah, sure.”
“Ooh, can we eat junk food like you girls do?” he says, bouncing around and trying to be funny.
“No, but I will go get in my lounge clothes,” I say, walking to my room.
“So no snacks for you?!” he yells from the kitchen.
“Just grab me a bottle of water and a banana.”
“Okay!”
A couple of hours later, he’s sitting in total amazement. “Okay, so she’s falling for this dead guy? And she knows what everyone is thinking but him?”
“Yes.”
“What’s up with that bartender? He seems kinda creepy.” He shoves some popcorn in his mouth.
“You just have to wait and find out. While you’re waiting to find out you can watch just how HOT the brother is.” I snicker.
“You would, you kinky minx.” He grins.
“You don’t know if I’m a kinky minx or not.” I toss a pillow at him.
“Oh yeah, you put the brakes on our night of passion.” He grins.
I freeze for a second. “Yeah,” I say, turning back to the TV.
He puts a hand on me and I jump a little. “Sorry. Can you tell me what happened that night? I mean I know we didn’t have sex and you let everyone think we did.”
Drawing my feet up under me, I look at him. “Nothing, I just lost interest, that’s all. I wasn’t in the mood anymore.”
He barks out a laugh. “I might have been about half lit on pain meds but I remember you being in the mood. Could I not get it up or something? Because if that’s the case then it was totally the pain meds. If that wasn’t it, then what? You had my dick in your mouth for crying out loud, so I know you were turned on.”
I wrap the blanket tighter around me. “Look, if you didn’t want people thinking we had sex you could have just said so. I didn’t correct what they assumed because you didn’t correct them.”
“That’s not it, Kara. I want to know what happened. I want to know why we were in the middle of some pretty fucking intense foreplay and you got up and left,” he says roughly.
“Look, I don’t want to talk about it,” I say sharply.
“Well, I do.”
“Look, you weren’t that interested in me anyway so what the fuck is the big deal?” I roll my eyes and sigh.
He points to his chest. “I wasn’t interested in you? How in the hell can you even think that? Why would I have you in my room then?”
“So Lox could hook up with Sloan,” I deadpan. Really, does he think this is a huge stretch for me?
“You really think that? Hell no.”
“Why wouldn’t I think that? I see what kind of women you guys bring around. I’m not them. As you said that night, I’m just a fat ass.” I stand up from the couch.
He grabs my arm and I tense, but this time he overlooks it. “I never called you a fat ass. I would never call you a fat ass. I love your ass. I do remember saying I can’t wait to smack that big ass of yours, but that was totally a compliment. For the record, I don’t discriminate. I just like women. Short or tall, big boobs, little boobs, big asses, little asses, any
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