Page 16 of To Professor, with Love
With a roll of his eyes, he muttered, “Have at ‘em.I’m not interested.”
I snorted.“Yeah, I could tell.”
About to inform him he could field them my way the next time some randy girl wanted to hand out her number, I caught sight of a familiar face approaching the bar.Relieved to know someone was here to see me, not Lowe, I leapt forward with a ready smile.“There’s my favorite groupie.”Reaching across the bar to catch Tianna by the back of the neck and haul her halfway across the counter for a quick but deliciously dirty kiss, I smiled appreciatively at her.
“Hey, Noel baby,” she said, distracted, immediately pulling away from me so she could crane her head and peer around me to get a look at Lowe.“Who’s the new guy?”
When her eyes glittered with straight-up lust, I gritted my teeth and seared Lowe with a lethal glance.He only smirked as if amused by my jealousy.His loose-shouldered shrug seemed to say,Hey, what do you want me to do about it?
No way was I letting go of my favorite football groupie.So I turned back to Tianna and lied through my teeth.“That’s Milo.Just got out of the pen.He’s married with three kids.”
But the lie didn’t seem to deter her in the least.She kept staring and even tossed her hair before wiggling her fingers at him in a cutesy wave before introducing herself.
Fuck.I didn’t think the guy was that good-looking, but apparently he was some kind of freaking catnip for women.The bastard.
Tianna’s stalkerish stare seemed to skeeve him out though, because he helpfully added, “Four kids.We have another one on the way.”
I grinned, deciding he might be okay after all.
“Where’s your friend tonight?”I asked Tianna, taking her hand to play with her fingers and coax her attention back to me.“You guys still keeping my rain check on that threesome you offered me?”
Tianna finally tore her gaze away from Lowe.“Oh, sorry.Marci had dance class tonight.So we’ll have to do it another time.But yeah, don’t worry.She’s still good for it.I swear that girl’s panties have been wet for you for months.Ever since I introduced you two during that party after the last football game, she will not stop talking about you.It’s actually annoying.”
“So, she talks about me, huh?”A slow grin spread across my face, my ego suitably fed, knowingsomeonestill preferred me over freaking Mason Lowe.And her name was Marci.Cute.
“Well, I hate to make a girl suffer.What say you hook us up sometime?Soon.”
“Sure.”Her gaze returned to Lowe as she kept talking to me.“You going to that frat party next weekend?”
“Next weekend?”I groaned.“You’re killing me here, Tianna.I need something before next weekend.”
She let out a harassed sigh and sent me a scowl.“Okay, fine.I’ll see what I can do.”
“You’re the best.”I hauled her in for another quick kiss.“Thanks.”
“Yeah, yeah.Just make sure to bring your new friend there to the party too, and I’ll pay you back…big time.”She ran a fingernail down my cheek as her face lit with a devious smile.
I was about to tell her not to even try with Lowe, he seemed attached to his girlfriend, but Ten appeared behind her.“Tianna!”He gave her a loud slap on the ass.“You ready to give me another go yet?”
Snorting, Tianna spun around to cross her arms over her chest and glare.“I haven’t lost my mind yet, so…hell no.Touch me again, and I’ll kick your nuts up into your throat.”
As she stormed away, I let out a low whistle and winced at the mere thought.Ten had some kind of talent.He was the only guy I knew who could piss off the queen of casual sex.Tianna never got mad at any guy, for anything.Made me wonder what the hell he’d done to offend her.Then again, hewasTen.The possibilities were endless.
After watching her march away, he turned to grin at me.“She totally wants me.She was asking about me, wasn’t she?”
I laughed.“Between kissing me, staring at Lowe, and setting me up with one of her friends, no, your name didn’t come up once.”
“A setup, huh?Who’s her friend?Dr.Kavanagh?”
Narrowing my eyes, I pointed at him threateningly.“I swear to God, if you don’t shut up about that,I’llkick your nuts up into your throat.”
“Whatever, man.You know you want your teacher.”Then he put in his order to Mason and started flirting with a pair of ladies sitting at the bar.
The sad thing was, Ten was only teasing me about her because he was sure I didn’t want her, while, Jesus, even the mention of her stirred something inside me.
I should’ve gotten Marci’s number from Tianna.I needed something—anything—to flush thoughts of a certain dowdy teacher from my head.Because if this kept up, I’d no doubt find myself in a shit bowl full of trouble.
When closing time came,I put Lowe on cleaning duty.While he was wiping down the back counter, his cell phone rang.He fished it out of his pocket and, I swear, as soon as he saw the I.D.on his screen, his face lit up like a kid on Christmas morning.
