Page 77 of Biggest Player
“Oh.” He grins down at me.
“Can I continue?”
He nods.
“Listen, Dex. You’re a really nice guy, and I have a lot of fun with you. But I have a daughter to consider, and what I’m looking for is a relationship—not a new friend.” I hesitate. “Pretend you’re normal and you start dating me, then you find out Dex Lansing is my buddy. You wouldn’t be thrilled.”
“But you’re not dating anyone.”
I run a hand through my hair, distracted again when his hands go to my waist and pull me closer.
Dammit!
I’m trying to lay down the law here!
“That’s not the point. I want to be dating someone.”
“Um. Should I be insulted?” he wants to know, not looking insulted in the least.
I tilt my head. What is he talking about? “Why would you be insulted? You let it be known from the second we swiped on one another that you didn’t want to date a woman who has a kid, and now here we are, talking in circles.”
“What if I changed my mind?”
“Did you?”
It takes him a few seconds to respond.
Then slowly, he nods. “Yeah. I think I did change my mind.”
Shut up. He cannot be serious right now.
“You changed your mind, and now you want to date. Me. Specifically.”
Another nod.
His hands roam up my rib cage, and when his fingers brush the sides of my breasts, I swat at him. “Stop it, Dex, this is serious.”
“Thisisserious.”
“Stop repeating me.”
“I’m not repeating you.”
Oh my God.
I adjust my stance, giving his chest a poke with the tip of my finger.
“So you’re telling me that you woke up this morning and suddenly you feel differently? Because I will tell you right now—you donotdate a single mother if you don’t mean it.”
His mouth falls open as if he’s going to say more, but then it closes, as if he can’t decidewhatto say.
Dex swallows, Adam’s apple bobbing. “I mean it.”
Such conviction.
“Why?”
I need to know his reasons before I can decide if this is a good idea. I cannot let him in if I don’t believe his intentions are pure, but honestly, if sex is the only thing he’s after, he can get that anywhere.
