Page 100 of Third Chances (Men of Manhattan 2)

He shook his head. "No. I would never share Bee with anyone. I've just had a sensational past." He laughed again and took a sip of his beer.

James tried to discretely take a sip of his beer.

"You too, James?"

He looked a little embarrassed when he made eye contact with me. "That was way before I met Penny, althou

gh I would never refer to my past as sensational. More like a string of mistakes."

"So you've never had one with Penny?"

He laughed. "No. I'm known to get a little jealous. I'm not sure I could handle that. And I like to think that I'm enough for her. She's certainly enough for me."

How did his confession of having a threesome turn into something sweet? Penny must have a hard time winning arguments with him. He didn't play fair at all.

"I've never had one," Matt said. "Maybe we could experience our first time together, Daphne."

"Shut the fuck up, Matt. You had a threesome the night after Penny's graduation party," Rob tossed his empty beer bottle at him. "I know because James and Penny wouldn't let me spend the night and I had to listen to you sloppily trying to please two women at once. Or was it a devil's threesome? I can't quite remember."

Matt laughed. "It was definitely two girls. And it was only because you passed on one of them. You were acting all weird that night. I wasn't going to leave one of them alone. Besides, you're not so innocent yourself."

I looked at Rob. He had a strange expression on his face. His empty beer bottle was laying on Matt's chair. "Did you take a sip?"

"I'm not sure if I have to answer that. You should have been paying attention."

"Just tell me."

He let go of my leg and shifted uncomfortably in his seat.

"It's not a big deal. I'm just curious."

Rob smiled. "Why, do you want one or something?"

"Not at all."

"Well good, I don't want one with you either. I only want you."

"That doesn't really answer the question."

Matt cleared his throat. "Never have I ever had sex with three women at the Blue Parrot Resort."

Rob took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. He looked even more upset than he had last night when I had walked out of his room. He didn't have to take a sip. His demeanor completely gave him away.

I laughed awkwardly. "So, last night then?" Really? I tried to take a deep breath. We got in a fight and he went and had a threesome? I had walked all over the resort crying like an idiot and he had had a threesome? God, we were so different. How did I ever think there could be more than this weekend between us?

"No, it's not what you think."

I didn't want to stand up and storm off. I didn't want to give him the impression that I cared more than he did. I didn't want to give him the satisfaction. I laughed again. "How could you possibly think you know anything about what I'm thinking? We don't know each other."

"Daphne, it was before I met you." He leaned forward and put his hand on my thigh.

Don't touch me. I tried to ignore the tingle his touch gave me. "Yeah, sure whatever. It's fine." But it wasn't fine. Had he had sex that morning right before he met me? Why the hell was he so persistent then? Why hadn't he just left me alone? I didn't need this. This was why I didn't do stupid shit without thinking.

"Never have I ever seen my brother happier than he was a few minutes ago," James said.

I looked over at him. I knew James was trying to help. But he didn't realize that what he said just reminded me of my brother. Of how Derek never got to be happy again. About how I couldn't even remember his smile without looking at a photograph.

I couldn't believe I had gone up to Rob's room with the idea in my head that I was going to tell him about my brother. Rob didn't deserve to know anything about Derek. He wouldn't understand. He couldn't understand because his brother was still alive. And James was a whole lot nicer than Rob was.

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