Chapter 29
“ARE YOU SURE?” asked Shay.
He leaned back against my kitchen counter, his gaze fixed on mine.
This man had seen combat as a Navy SEAL. He’d kept his fitness up and his hard muscled physique hadn’t lost any of its gorgeousness.
I was proud to call him one of my closest friends.
“I’m fine.” I gave him a warm smile as proof. “Ethan’s gone to get a carton of cream.” I stirred the pot of bolognaise and then rested the wooden spoon on a small plate. “I’ve been a little ditzy lately and forgot it when we went shopping.”
“We?”
“Me and Ethan.”
“Sounds cozy.”
I smirked “You’re still my number one man, Shay.”
“Other than Cameron?”
“A love like no other.”
He arched a brow. “I think I’m feeling jealous.”
“Of Cameron?”
“Ethan.”
I folded my arms across my chest. “Very funny. You’re with Arianna.”
He looked away.
“How is she?”
“Fine.” His gaze met mine. “You and me, we could have been a thing.”
“Only I’d be on top, Shay. I like to be in control.”
“Ethan’s a dom.”
“He’s a switch.” I suppressed a smile knowing full well that Shay was also, only he’d never admitted it and had never played out his fantasy. His alpha pride went too deep. And so far, he’d never confessed his adorable crush on Cameron.
He walked over to my fridge and reached in for a beer. “Want one?”
I waved it off, happy he felt so at home here. “We’re having wine.”
Shay found the bottle opener and worked on leveraging the top. “Which brings me to the reason I’m here.”
“Oh?”
“It can’t go on, Scarlet.”
My back straightened and I went over and turned down the heat under the pot of bolognaise.
“Hear me out,” he said.
“Did Cameron send you?”