Page 176 of Breaking the Rules
"What do you think, sweetness?" His lips brush her ear. "Want a repeat?"
Her blush deepens. "Later."
"Can you veto this?" I turn to Hunter. Try my best to pretend as if I'm totally relaxed discussing sex with him. "Make it your birthday wish."
"Fuck that. I want my free audio porn." Dean's voice booms. "The amateur stuff is the best."
Leighton makes a show of rolling her eyes. "He mentions that five times a day." She greets me with a hug. "You okay?"
I nod. "Long day at work."
Leighton worked here for a long time, but we were never really friends. Friendly, sure. But she's like everyone else here. Her loyalty is to Brendon first.
"If you want to talk…" She pulls back with a smile. "Well… I'll probably be gushing over my boyfriend. But you can always pull me away." She turns back to Ryan and blows him a kiss.
He catches it and presses it to his chest.
She giggles like a schoolgirl.
It's cute.
But disgusting.
That's enough love for one night.
I'm glad my friends are happy. Really.
But I can't stomach their romance right now.
Not with Hunter standing right there, pretending like he isn't wanting me, refusing to explain why we can't be together.
I go through my hellos. Everyone from the shop is here except for Chloe.
"Where's your shadow?" I ask Dean.
"I like to imagine her in her bedroom," he says.
"That's gross."
"Is it?" He raises a brow. "Or is it so hot your panties are drenched?"
I shake my head.
"You want me to go into detail?" He motions to Walker. "Or call my boy over? Get him narrating his last tryst?"
"Is it a tryst with your girlfriend?" I ask.
Dean shrugs. "You think I know shit?"
"You're smarter than you let on," I say.
He chuckles. "Am I?"
I nod.
"Hate to break it to you, but it doesn't take a lot of brainpower to connect these dots." He motions to my chest. Then to Hunter.
Who's still pretending he's not watching.
