Page 78 of Engulfing Emma

Shit. He wasn’t the man who walked her home last night either. “How many guys have you gone out with while we’ve been…”

She still doesn’t look at me.

“Shit.” I flag down a waitress, pick up a glass, and chug it.

“I’m not going out withanyone. Not really,” she says. “And you shouldn’t be surprised. I told you from the beginning that I couldn’t date you.”

“You’re not going out with them,” I repeat woodenly, anger rising from the pit of my stomach. “You’re justfuckingthem?” Her jaw drops, and I can tell she’s about to lay into me. “Don’t answer that. We’re nothing to each other, so why shouldn’t you date?” I look at my empty glass. “Ready for another?”

“Brett, you’re being unreasonable. We made it all the way here. Can’t we be civil and have a little fun?”

Andrew is crossing the room. I scowl. “Sure, let’s have some fun.”

I yank her against me and give her a kiss. With tongue. She doesn’t fight it, like I thought she would. We break apart just as Andrew goes by, staring at us.

I lift my chin at him. “Andy. How’s it hangin’?”

Emma has a hard time not laughing. “You’re terrible.”

I smile, knowing she’s okay with what I just did. “So, you never called him back, huh?”

She shakes her head.

“And the guy who walked you home last night, will you callhimback?”

She looks surprised.

“What, like you don’t do the same damn thing? Remember that time you thought I was kissing Amanda?”

“Youwerekissing Amanda.”

“Do we need to go over this again?”

“I didn’t kiss Monty like you kissed Amanda.”

“Ididn’tkiss Amanda,” I say, irritated. “And Monty? What the hell kind of name is that? Is he a teacher, too?”

“Banker.”

“Andy the teacher and Monty the banker. Is that it?”

She chews on her lip.

“There’s more?”

She takes another drink. “Antonio.”

Three of them?“So what does good ol’ Tony do?”

“He sells insurance.”

“Jesus, Emma. Could you have found three guys more boring than that?” I sound like an insecure asshole, but I don’t care.

“Being a teacher is not boring,” she says defensively.

Andrew is glancing at us from across the room, so I slip an arm around her waist and lean close enough to whisper in her ear. “Do any of them kiss you the way I do? Do you like their tongues as much as you like mine?”

I kiss the tender spot just under her ear.

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