Page 56 of A Flighty Fake Boyfriend
“Spend the night with us,” William offered coyly.
Speechless, I turned to Luis.
“I know that look. It’s your puritanical-American shocked face.”
“I’m not—”
“But hear us out.” Luis put a finger on my lips. “You can’t imagine how overwrought William has been in regard to my past with you. When he asked if he might meet you, I couldn’t refuse. He likes what he sees, Ryan.”
“And if Luis and I were tosharea past with you,” said William, “I don’t think I’d feel so defenseless against his feelings for you.”
“Oh hell no.” Beside us, a wall of undulating hibiscus flowers expelled Epic into our path. “That is the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard.”
Privately, I agreed, but I wanted the satisfaction of hearing them defend it. “No, no. Let’s hear them out.”
“Come on,” Luis cajoled. “One night. We’d love to spend one night, just the three of us, making memories that could last a lifetime.”
“I…uh…probably…” On the face of it, two of the most handsome men I’d ever met had just propositioned me for a three-way. That was probably the only reason I hadn’t immediately told Luis where he could shove his stupid idea. I wasn’t actually thinking about it. Notdoing it, anyway, but imagining a threesome with those two took up a lot of my bandwidth.
“Okay, that’s it.” Epic took my hand. “Maybe you don’t understand what’s going on here, but I do. No way am I going to let you do anything this degrading.”
“Let me?” I said with a gasp. “You’re not going to let me?”
“No.” He suddenly seemed to tower over me, although there was little difference in our heights. “I am not.”
“Epic—”
“Because this is not okay. I get that on some level you seem to enjoy doing things that aren’t good for you, but this? This is dumbassery of the highest order, and you”—he pointed to Luis—“should be utterly ashamed of yourself.”
Luis narrowed his eyes. “Your waiter has pretensions, Ry—”
Epic took my hand. “I don’t even know why we’re having this conversation.You,come with me.”
“Wait—”
“Nope.” Epic yanked me away. “This man did enough to erode your confidence in the past. If you do this, it will destroy you. You are coming with me. Nowmove.”
This was a side of Epic I’d never seen. Sure, he’d taken charge a couple times and given me sass, but as for actually ordering me around? That was new.
And, oh God, I liked bossy, implacable Epic a lot.
I moved.
Chapter Fourteen
Epic hauled me along the path, muttering every so often about the scene with William and Luis.
“I can’t believe you. Why did you just stand there?”
“I was too shocked to move,” I admitted.
“Were you too shocked to tell them no?”
“No.”
“Oh, so you can say that word.” He glanced my way. “I was beginning to wonder.”
“I wouldn’t have gone along with their scheme, you know.”
