Page 26 of Insatiable Park Avenue Prince

“But you’re supposed to be guessing we’re I’m from. Remember?”

Considering he never said what I expected him to, I doubted he’d grown up anywhere common. “Montana.”

“Montana?”

“Wyoming.”

“What—”

“Idaho?”

“Are you just naming off random states now?”

“Only the ones I assume a family of lumberjacks would live.”

“Are you calling me a lumberjack?”

“You look like one.” I held up a hand, stopping his protest. “And before you say anything, that’s not an insult. You’re tall and built like someone who likes to hammer wood.”

A deep laugh rumbled out of him as he shook his head. “Don’t lumberjacks saw wood?”

“I dunno, you tell me.”

“Can’t say I’ve ever done that, though I know a few guys who do. I’m from Oregon, near Mt. Hood. So, really, you weren’t too far off. I’m impressed.”

“Of all the things I could do to impress you, that’s the one, huh?”

He took a sip of his drink and licked his lips. “I think you know better than that.”

I had a feeling I did. “What brought you here? The, uh, new job?”

His lips quirked as he popped a fry in his mouth. “No. I was scouted back home and came here for a couple of modeling jobs. I thought they would lead somewhere, but they kinda fizzled out. I couldn’t imagine going back home after experiencing all this, so I figured…why leave?”

“I don’t know how that’s possible. Have youseenyou?”

Sin shook his head.

Wait.I’d forgotten the one thing I wanted to ask.

“What’s your real name?”

He nearly choked on his sandwich. “Took you long enough.”

“If I thought you would tell me, I would’ve asked sooner.”

“Sure you would’ve,” he teased. “It’s Kelly Sinclair. I go by Kelly, and Rafferty pulled out Sin from my last name for the job.”

“Kelly,” I said, testing the name on my tongue. “I like that.”

“So do I. Say it again.”

“Nice to finally meet you,Kelly.”

“You too, Donovan.”

“You can call me Van if you want.”

“I know.” He winked at me as he took another bite of his sandwich, catching a bit of sauce at the corner of his lips with his thumb. Without thinking, I reached across the table and brought his hand to my mouth to get a taste. That seemed to surprise him—hell, it surprised me—but something about Kelly had me touching him without thinking twice about it.

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