Page 173 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 9
Rory laughed. "Is that what you call us? I like that so much better than what Jackson calls us...a threesome of big strong men."
I couldn't help but laugh. "I'm so sorry, but I have to ask. Is Jackson gay?"
"What? No."
"Are you sure? Because sometimes he says...well, the gayest things."
It was Rory's turn to laugh. "Geez, he really does, doesn't he? But no, he's just like metrosexual or something. Trust me, he likes women."
"Okay," I said skeptically.
"Keira, just because he doesn't have a crush on you like the other members of the wolf pack doesn't mean he's gay." He gave me one of his smiles that made my knees weak.
I swallowed hard.Rory has a crush on me? Rory has a crush on me!That was all I needed to hear. I put my hand on his knee. "Well, thank you for making me an honorary member of your weird wolf pack metrosexual group." I looked down at his lap.
"I should really be thanking you for that."
"Have there been any other honorary members of your group?" I kept my hand on his knee. I wasn't sure why I wanted to know the answer to that. I was basically asking him if any girl that had sucked his cock had ever gotten along with his friends before.
"Really just Connor's ex wife."
I tried not to sigh out loud. I was the only girl that he liked that had gotten to know his friends. For some reason that made me feel better. It also meant that his ex girlfriend hadn't gotten along well with his friends. I wondered if that had something to do with their break up. "What was Connor's ex wife like?"
"She used to be really cool. I was always third wheeling with them, ever since high school. Cindy was one of my best friends too. I still don't get what happened. One day she just started being really cold. Connor put up with it for as long as he could. I know he wanted to make it work." Rory shrugged.
"That's sad."
"I think you're a better honorary member anyway. But maybe that's just because you're mine."
Mine?Is that how he thinks of me? I so badly wanted to be his. Maybe I already was. I didn't need him to say anything else. That was all the commitment I needed. Him calling me his and admitting he had a crush on me was the best feeling in the world.
"Well, you'll be happy to know that you're my favorite member of the group," I said.
"You're becoming my favorite too."
I just stared into his hazel eyes. That was it. He liked me just as much as I liked him.
"I'm sorry, I don't mean to interrupt you guys."
We both turned to the girl next to Rory. She was sitting next to a guy that looked like he'd rather be anywhere else in the world.Awkward.
"But you two are like the cutest couple here," the girl said. "Besides for Becca and Jeremy, of course. How long have you two been dating?"
Rory pulled his arm off my back, picked up his wine glass, and took a big sip.
I wanted to cut in and tell her we weren't official or anything, but I was curious to see what Rory would say. He had just said such wonderful things to me. Maybe his response would be different this time.
"Oh, no," Rory said and laughed awkwardly. "We're actually..."
"Aw, are you engaged? Congratulations!" the girl said.
What the fuck is everyone's problem here?
Rory coughed and spit his wine back into the glass. "Oh, God no." He set his glass back down on the table. "We're not even dating."
The girl made a strange face and I looked down at my lap. Rory wasn't just acting like he was scared of commitment. The tone he was responding to people in made it seem like I was the problem. As if he just couldn't possibly see a future withme. He almost sounded repulsed every time someone asked if we were a couple. And even if that wasn't what he meant, it still embarrassed me every time he said it.
I didn't even know that girl. It would have been cute and funny to just pretend we had been dating for years. What was Rory's problem?
