Page 89 of Nothing to You
“You promoted her over me?”
“Yeah, that’s it.I’m exerting my superior power to give her a boost.Think she’ll sleep with me?”
“She’s smarter than that.”
“What does that say about you?”
“That I’m kind to plants and animals.”
“Which am I?”
“A little of both.You plant yourself on the couch like a stray beast and primate all over the place.”
“Primate as a verb?That doesn’t even make sense.”
“Do you want children now?”Kintyre asked.Oh, yeah, the embryos.“Our doctor is—”
“It’s just in case I die or dry up,” Roxie said.“Or if I dump Z and want to gouge him for child support.”
“Never knew plastic specimen pots got you going, buddy,” Rourke said.“The things I’m learning about people today.There really is a kink for everything.”
“What a surprise you’re grateful the conversation got back to sex.”
“I love it when you make things about sex.”
“Everything is about sex in your head.”
“The specimen cup wasn’t what got him off,” Roxie said, stirring her drink with a fingertip.“It’s amazing what money will let you get away with.”
“You didn’t,” Jane gasped.“There in the…”
“We didn’t do that.The point was to get it in the cup.If we did that, it would never have got there.It was weird, really weird.”
“You get so used to them finishing inside you that giving it up feels—”
“Wrong,” Roxie said, nodding.“I told him I’d be jealous, and I was right.Handing over his love seed is a strange process.I wonder how many women saw him in there and begged to have their husband’s specimen switched with his.”
“And now you have an excuse if any secret babies show up,” Rourke said.“That is an excellent plan, my friend.”
“Trust you to be impressed by cheating.”
“Forty-five.”
The jarring unfamiliar masculine voice carried over the music and its owner stopped beside them.
“Radley, meet Knox Collier.”
The guy was so fucking hot.She tried to step back, but Rourke was still holding her.Square jaw, tan skin, his hair was LA beach boy dirty blond with darker hues lifting its charm.
“Fuck, he’s expensive.”
“He’s not for sale, Rad.You think I got you an opening night bonus?”
“No, but I mean…” Leaning against Rourke’s embrace, she used it for balance as she touched the frowning Knox’s jaw.“Wow, he’s the real deal.Hollywood elite.”
“Sickening, isn’t it?”Roxie asked.“His personality counterbalances all that hotness.”
“Roxie,” Jane whined.
