Page 100 of Nothing to Tell
“Yeah, you won the family lottery.You should be proud of your family.They want to embrace…”
“Embrace…?Women who mean something to me.”
She licked her lips on a smile.“Women theythinkmean something to you.”
“Think?”
“It’s not… This.It’s not believable,” she said.“Our families have accepted this, us, together but I don’t get it.It’s just not believable.”
“Us?”
“Why would we ever have reason to meet?”
“We did meet.”
“Yeah,” she said, “but socially meet.Even if we did, we’d have no reason to converse.We’d never be attracted to each other.Not in any actionable way.”Because who could look at Bastian and not admit his hotness?Her point was… “This would just never happen.”
“Is that what’s been bothering you?”
“No,” she said.“It’s not bothering me.It’s odd that our families have accepted it so easily when we’re from completely different stratospheres.”
His hand slid out from under hers to rest on the wheel.“Yeah,” he said not entirely convinced.“It’s a complete shock.”
“Have I upset you?”
“No,” he said, his shoulders moving in… something.“What do you want for your birthday?We’re down to the wire now.”
“Adara guilted you?”
“She mentioned it was coming up.”
“Right.Okay.”Yes, her sister would assume her boyfriend knew her birthday.“Nothing, it’s not a huge deal.”
“Nothing’s not an option.”
She edged a little closer to tease.“You could sleep with me.”
“Sex?That’s your request?”he asked.“Tough to gift wrap and present at a party.”
That would be a birthday for the books.
“Do you think that’s taking our attempt to be convincing too far?”
“It might make your guests a little uncomfortable, but it’ll be a helluva show… I’ll hire a posse.”
She pinched his shoulder.“Are you going to stay in the audience?”
“To watch a string of men parade on stage and make love to my woman?No, I’ll be somewhere off-site arranging a hit on each male who touches you.”
“I want sex from you,” she said, enjoying the warmth surrounding them.
“Tell me what you want for your birthday,” he said.“And I’ll promise to satisfy you tonight.”
That was a given.“Just once?”
“As many times as you want.”
“I don’t know.”
