Page 59 of Other Side Of Never
I widened my eyes at him and gave my head a shake.“What?”
Sitting back in his seat, he twisted his beautiful mouth to the side.“What’s up?”
“Nothing!”
“Beach tomorrow?”
My skin heated.“I might go away for a few days.”
“Yeah?”he challenged.“Where are you going?And with whom?”
I raised my eyebrows.“I haven’t quite decided, and I’m going by myself.”
“We’re going away, too!”Isaiah chimed.“We’re going home to Mapleville as soon as we finish up at the beach tomorrow.”
Kian jerked his chin up.“Why don’t you come with us?”
Blinking like a beleaguered owl, I furthered the unfortunate likeness by cocking my head to the side.“Come with you?”
“Yeah!”Isaiah cheered.“You can meet Grandma and Grandpa!”
I smiled at Isaiah, my brain whirring furiously.
Grandma and Grandpa?
Kian’s parents?
Did I want to meet Kian’s family?Hell, yeah.
But I had to protect my heart.Could I do both?Simultaneously?
“You can protect me from my mother’s matchmaking.”Kian’s mouth quirked up at the side, his eyes bright and steady on my face.
A lightning bolt of jealousy shot through my system.
He laughed and shook his head.“It’s almost too easy,” he teased, then softened.“Why don’t you come with us?Isaiah needs to see my parents and his aunts and uncles before my mom drags the whole clan here.Aaron’s not ready for that, and it might be good for you to get a break.”
“Can I think about it?”
He dipped his chin.“Of course.”
“Don’t think about it, Bridge.”Isaiah looked up at me with his big baby blues.“Just come.”
I smiled softly.“I promise I’ll think about it really hard, Iceman.What can I get you to eat?”
With a small frown on his sweet face, he pushed the kids’ menu away.“Surprise me.”
Kian chuckled.“Bridge doesn’t always have time for that, bud.”
I raised my chin and snapped both menus up off the table.“I always have time for that.”
“I don’t get to order either?”Kian chuckled.
“You want to be in charge?”I tilted my head and smiled.It didn’t matter how often I scolded myself to keep things between us platonic, he brought my inner vixen, the one I’d suppressed for so long, out to play.
His eyes darkened and his cheeks flushed darkly.“Usually.”
I slowly dragged my fingers down the edge of the menu in my hand and whispered, “You have to earn that.”
