Page 35 of Billionaire Games
“Hmm, a hotel maybe?” she asked with a grin as the swing came up to him and he pushed it back.
He smiled, and the next time the swing came up, he grabbed it and kissed her then let it go, and she swung away from him. It made her giggle, and he found the sound intoxicating. “Maybe a hotel. If you want to do that.”
“I don’t.”
“I think you would like to, but I won’t push you on that. So, how about drinks after dinner. Since you told me that your mother’s making haggis, I think I might need a drink or two.”
“Knocking my mother’s cooking before you’ve even tried it, Phoenix?”
“It’s guts cooked in a stomach, Cait! Yeah, I’m knocking it.” He laughed, but his tummy clenched as he thought about actually having to eat the dreadful stuff.
“You said you like authentic Mexican food, Phoenix. Haven’t you ever eaten menudo?” she asked him as she put her feet down to stop the swing.
“I have,” he said. “It’s delicious.”
“And that’s guts too,” she said then got off the swing, taking his hand again and walking to the edge of the pond.
“But that’s different,” he argued.
“I don’t see how,” she said as she swung their clasped hands between them. “If you don’t want to come eat, you don’t have to. I won’t hold it against you.”
But he knew she would so he changed his attitude about the dinner. Stopping, he pulled her up into his arms and leaned his forehead against hers. “You know what, I’d eat anything as long as I could be around you, Caity-cat.”
With another kiss, he’d melted her heart, and she wished like hell it wasn’t all an act. She could see herself falling for the guy if he was legit and not just trying to win a bet.
