Page 40 of Stay with Me

“I know you. Your thoughts were somewhere else,” he says.

“They were on something I don’t want to think about. This wine is excellent, by the way. I love this one and the last one they poured with the cheese.”

“Good, I’ll have them load a case of each in the car when we check out, and I’ll have them start a subscription for a delivery once a month.”

“Thank you,” I murmur.

“Anytime.”

We begin to speak at the same time. I stop and nod for him to continue. I wasn’t going to say much anyway.

“I was just going to say that I’ve been thinking about selling my place and moving closer to Bishop or near my parents,” he says.

“Really? Those aren’t really bachelor neighborhoods. Your place is so nice.”

He gives a shrug. “It’s just been a thought. I haven’t committed to anything yet.”

“I love your place. I still remember when you first moved in. Your neighbor hated me. Do you remember that?”

He releases a deep chuckle. “Yeah, I remember her. Turns out it had nothing to do with how her boyfriend used to check you out. She was jealous of you for a different reason.”

“Huh?”

“Right before she moved, we ran into each other in the coffee shop on the corner. She sat at my table to chat me up. The two were into swinging or had an open relationship or something. She wanted to approach us, but she said she didn’t get the vibe you would share.”

“She was damn fucking right,” I scoff. “Did you sleep with her?”

He purses his lips at me and gives me a pointed look. I shrug and wait for him to answer. It’s not like he’s not free to fuck whoever he wants when we’re not together.

“No, Rem. I was never interested. She did offer,” he says smugly.

“So wait a minute. All those dirty looks were because she wanted me to share you?”

He shrugs. “Yeah.”

“Oh my God, that’s so crazy. What did you say?”

He frowns and folds his arms across his chest. “You want the truth?”

“Of course.”

“I told her they were both out of their fucking minds because there was no way I was going to allow his ass to touch you and I didn’t want her when I had you,” he says and makes a disgusted sound in the back of his throat.

I burst into laughter. I always did get a weird vibe from the two. However, this was the furthest thing from my mind when I looked at the two of them.

As memories of the two come to mind, tears come to my eyes. Knight is laughing with me. He knows how much I didn’t like her and how I used to grumble about her dirty looks.

“Oh, come on. You mean you wouldn’t have wanted to see him in his little booty shorts trying to feel me up,” I tease.

Knight shudders and laughs. “No more than you would have wanted to watch me try to grab her flat ass or those inflated tits.”

“Ugh, you couldn’t pay me to hook up with his hairy, creepy looking ass. Oh my God, now you see why I used to call up first for you to come down to get me the first few months you were there? I think they used to watch for me,” I say and shiver.

“Everyone watches for you, beautiful. They both knew better than to touch you.”

“I’m glad they read the vibes. Totally not my thing and they wouldn’t have been my go-to if it was. Yuck.”

“We’ve had some good times, haven’t we?”

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