Page 23 of Loup Garou

“Or, how about the chick who was more into you than him?” I winked at Gina. She laughed so hard that she squealed.

Jay made another move for her and I caught his hands. I began to move to music only I heard, making him my personal dance toy. Ginajoined in, dancing around him and tickling his ribs. Jay snickered as he shook his head. “You two never stop. You’re missing your third partner in crime.”

I laughed at his mention of Myra. Gina gyrated down his side and Jay stared up at the sky. I’d seen that look before. He was horny. “Careful, Gina, or you’ll be the next one we’re teasing him about.”

She leapt back and shuddered. “Oh, that’s just not right. It’s Jay. Eww.”

“Hey, I’m a great catch, if I do say so myself.” His gaze raked over Gina slowly.

She bit her lower lip. “Is that why so many women have caught you?”

I couldn’t help but laugh. Jay didn’t seem to find it as funny. In fact, he looked hurt by Gina’s comments. He rubbed his jaw, doing his best to appear unaffected, but he was too late. I’d already seen it. Gina had always been able to strike a nerve with Jay. He seemed to value her opinion of him.

“He is a great catch, Gina,” I said, coming to Jay’s rescue.

“Uh-huh.” She licked her lips. “Is that why you tossed him back?”

Jay stiffened.

“I didn’t toss him back. He was never mine to begin with. We had a mutual understanding.”

She grinned. “Fuck buddies? Got it.”

“Lindsay, can you tell me how it is you have never had a problem with me dating other women?” Jay asked, staring over the tops of his sunglasses at me. “Any other girl would claim they don’t want any commitments but they’d be livid the second they realized other women were in the mix. I try to make you jealous and it backfires. You poke fun at the girls and go out drinking with them. Why is that?”

Grinning, I swayed my hips. “Easy. Myra says I think like a man.”

“Oh, it makes sense now.” He pointed at me. “You watch your ass. I do not want to have to tell you again that you cannot be out after dark without one of us, Lindsay. Hell, anymore, you should think of having at least two of us with you at all times. Day or night.”

I saluted him. “Yes, sir.”

“Lindsay, joke about anything other than your life.”

Gina thumped her hip into Jay’s upper thigh. “I’m with Playboy.”

I arched a brow as Jay slid his arm around her waist. I could have sworn he inhaled deeply. His eyelids fluttered and for a moment I honestly thought he’d lift her up and kiss her.

She cringed and ducked out of his grasp. “Aww, I meant I’m with, uhh…never mind.”

“Hey,” Jay said, glancing around. “I like to think I’m an all-right-looking guy. Lindsay liked me well enough. I must be okay boyfriend material.”

I laughed so hard that I clutched my stomach and bent forward.

“It’s that funny?”

I nodded. “Jay, your problem is you know you’re hot and you suck at being a boyfriend. The very idea of being with one woman only makes you cringe. Why do you think I even started dating you?”

Crossing his arms over his chest, he gave me a hard look. “I take it the reason was not my award-winning personality?”

“Nope.”

Gina raised her hand. “I got this one. It’s because Jay isn’t ready to settle down so you had no fear of being in a real relationship.” She glanced at something over my shoulder and stopped laughing instantly. “Umm, but that’s neither here nor there. It’s water under the bridge. Let’s go, Jay. I want to ride you…err…your bike with you.”

Jay waggled his dark brows. “Oh, you are more than welcome to ride me, fiery one.”

“Fiery one?” Gina rolled her eyes.

I looked over my shoulder at Exavier and shrugged. “Gina, have no fear. He’s a nice guy but we just met and he’s leaving after today. We’ll never see him again so I hardly think we need to tiptoe around feelings he doesn’t even have for me. Though, he does have an uncanny ability to just blend in and make me feel so comfortable I tend to forget he’s there. Besides, he’s a musician. All they do is groupies. I bet his list of conquests could wallpaper my office.”

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