Page 83 of Mr. Big Mistake
I walked mindlessly out of the courthouse and passed by my car. I kept walking down the street, crossing intersections while car horns blared at me. I meandered around, with no end destination, until I found myself standing at a bar.
“What’ll it be?” the bartender asked.
I blinked. “A margarita, on the rocks. Sugar on the rim.”
Kelly’s favorite.
“I figured I’d find you here.”
I peered over my shoulder at Zane. “What the hell are you doing here?”
“I was waiting outside of the courthouse for you since Karina wanted to come pick up Kelly. I saw you walk off, and I was yelling for you. But, I guess you didn’t hear me.”
“Here you go,” the bartender said.
I nodded. “Thanks.”
Zane furrowed his brow. “I’ve never known you to drink tequila.”
I took a small sip. “Kelly’s favorite.”
He sighed. “Oh, boy.”
I bellied up to the bar. “Want a drink? It’s on me.”
Zane sat beside me. “Nope. It’s on me because I think you need to talk.”
“Nothing to talk about.”
“Whiskey, on the rocks, thanks,” Zane ordered. “Now, what’s this about having nothing to talk about even though you’re drinking Kelly’s favorite drink after your annulment with her?”
Even the bartender whistled underneath his breath. You know, before he started making me another margarita to have on deck.
I shrugged. “I did something stupid, Clint mocked me for it, and now the annulment is over.”
Zane turned to face me. “By ‘something stupid,’ do you mean another woman?”
“I didn’t sleep with another woman if that’s what you’re asking.”
“That’s exactly what I was asking.”
I smirked. “Does everyone see me like that? As some playboy who doesn’t have an emotional bone in his body?”
“Easy to see when that’s all you portray.”
I threw the rest of the drink back. “Well, there’s more to me. And Kelly saw that. She brought that out in me.”
“Did you tell her that?”
“I wanted to tell her more than that, Zane.”
He sighed. “You got it bad, don’t you?”
“If you mean I love her? Yeah, Zane. I love Kelly.”
“Why didn’t you tell her, then?”
“Because she caught me at a wedding reception with an ex-fling, and things got out of hand.”
