Page 188 of Accidental Theirs
“We make it work.” There’s an edge of defense to my voice. “I’ll travel. That’s what I save all my money for.”
“I feel like it’s a tequila night. I have some imported from Mexico.”
“Of course, you do.”
Sebastian chuckles. “I live within my means. I just happen to have a lot of means.”
“You were one of those guys born with a silver spoon in his mouth, right?”
He grins. “That’s me. I’m the baby of my family, and I’ve been spoiled financially and emotionally my whole life.”
“Lucky.”
“It’s not everything.” He looks longingly at a photo of a smiling woman on his coffee table, a small Polaroid.
I gesture to it. “She was your wife?”
He freezes but then relaxes, swallowing visibly. “That’s my Sophie.”
It feels tense in the room suddenly, and I wonder what’s going on in Sebastian’s head.
“Never thought I’d ever love anyone again.”
He seems to almost be talking to himself, and I don’t respond as he pours me a tequila on the rocks.
I take a sip, and it’s sweet and tangy, barely burning down my throat.
“This is delicious.”
“Comes from a little town in Mexico. My father found it, and I’ve been buying from there ever since. Import costs are a bitch, though.”
“Well, you have the means.”
He grins. “I certainly do.”
He clinks his glass with mine and chugs back half of it while I’m still sipping.
“Are you okay?”
Do I care? Do I really want to get into Sebastian’s head?
If it helps Olivia, I do.
Sebastian has been the holdout all this time, continually saying that he doesn’t want a relationship, that he’s just going to be there for Olivia.
But the way he looks at her...
“Sure, I’m fine. Why wouldn’t I be?”
“You’re full of shit.”
My blunt words make him choke on his tequila, and he coughs.
“What?”
“You’re full of shit. You’re in love with her, aren’t you?” I step toward him, and he tilts his chin up, not backing down.
“Are you going to hit me?”
