Page 148 of Knockin' Boats
“I’m feeling the enemies to lovers vibes already,” Cash said with a laugh. “Now, where’s my gift? Gimme?”
Fisher dove back into his bag and came up with something green and curved and…scaly?
“What isthat?”Sawyer burst out.
Cash took it, examining it from all sides. “Some sorta monster dick?”
“I figure you’ve already tried all the normal stuff. I had to get creative,” Fisher said. “It’s a tentacle dildo!”
Just then, a nicely dressed man in his forties paused by the table, his face frozen in a grimace.
“Bad time?”
Cash grinned and held up the tentacle. “Hey, Declan. Fisher is just handing out presents. What do you think? Wanna play with me?”
Declan eyed it with trepidation. “I’ll pass.”
“You don’t know what you’re missing,” Cash said.
Declan nodded, looking almost as if he agreed with that statement. “Just wanted to swing by and say hi. Didn’t mean to interrupt…the gifting.”
“That’s okay,” Fisher said. “We got you something too.”
Declan’s brow creased. “You did?”
Hudson reached into the bag and came up with a small box of gourmet doughnuts. “I know you’ve got a sweet tooth, and these are really good.”
“They’re called Glazed Holes,” Fisher said with a snicker. “I got a sampler box for you all to try for dessert too. Everyone should have a Glazed Hole at least once.”
Declan took the little box from Hudson with a small quirk of his lips. “Thank you for not buying me a sex toy.”
Hudson laughed. “That was all Fisher. There are some interesting old gals in his cousin’s hometown, and they had a sex toy party. Fisher just about broke the bank.”
“How could I resist an old lady selling sex toys? And she’d added a whole gay sex toy line! I have to support that.”
“Yes, you do,” Cash said with a grin. “But Declan, if you feel left out, you can play with my toy anytime.”
“I think I’m good.” Declan backed away. “I’ll be over at the bar.”
Cash perked up. “Is that an invitation?”
“No.”
Despite Declan’s answer, Cash pushed back his seat and hopped up. “Don’t want him to be lonely.”
“See?” Sawyer murmured into my ear. “He’s obsessed.”
Declan wasn’t exactly what I would have imagined of a guy catching Cash’s interest. From what I knew of Cash, he was hot and knew it. He flirted with tourists left and right, always had a playful innuendo to drop, and knew his way around the beds of Swallow Cove.
So, why Declan, a buttoned-up guy who seemed uncomfortable with Cash’s forwardness? I watched the two of them while Fisher gave Poppy her gift.
“I know you’re ace, so I wasn’t sure, uh, what you get up to…” Fisher said awkwardly. “But here. If you throw it away, I won’t be offended.”
Poppy took the small dildo that mounted to a wall, looking conflicted. “It’s thoughtful, Fisher. Thanks.”
“Well, I just like playing Oprah.” He pointed at Brooks. “You get a sex toy!” Then Poppy. “You get a sex toy!” Then us. “Everybody gets a sex toy!”
Half the pub was looking our way, Hudson looked half amused, half horrified by hismuchyounger boyfriend, and Brooks and Poppy wore matching blushes.
