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Ethan’s eyes light up.
“How do you know until you try?”
My teammates start laughing, but I know Ethan’s not joking. How the hell do I deal with this? Fuckboy is supposed to go away now that he’s had his fun, not hint that he’d want a repeat. Especially not with me.
“Can you help me out too, Ethan?” Iggy calls out from the other end of the table.
“Any more requests and I’m going to have to start charging.”
I shake my head.
“For what? You haven’t taught us anything. You’re just insufferable.”
“Fuck, I love it when you use big words.” Ethan chuckles. “Insufferable, irresistible… aren’t they the same thing?”
Thankfully the server arrives and interrupts our conversation to take my order and Ethan’s. Most of the guys pay their bill and say their goodbyes, leaving me, Ethan, and Archie sitting at the table. Only, Ethan gets up and moves to sit beside me.
“I’m off too,” Archie announces as he throws a twenty on the table. “You two control yourselves.”
“What?”
“Try not to fight too loudly,” Archie explains with a smirk.
My friend knows something’s up, but he’s not one to push me for answers I’m not prepared to give.
“Jett’s warming up to me,” Ethan replies with a wink. “He’s stubborn, but eventually he’ll give in.”
“Fuck off.”
“See?” Ethan grins. “I’m getting to him already.”
I let out a groan of frustration.
“Do you ever stop?”
“No.”
“Enjoy your date—I mean lunch,” Archie adds with a wink before he grabs his jacket and heads for the exit.
“Look what you’ve done,” I hiss.
“So, Archie knows or suspects. What’s wrong with that? Would it be so horrible for you to go on a date with me?”
“Ethan, what are you playing at?”
“I’m not playing at anything.”
“I don’t believe you.”
Ethan slips one arm behind me, over my chair. It’s a pose that’s intimate and one I’m not sure I can deal with right now. Especially when his arm brushes my shoulders.
“What are you doing?”
“I have no fucking clue, but I really like touching you, and I can’t seem to stop.”
“Everyone in here is going to think that, you know, that you and me?—”
I’m so flustered and it’s frustrating.
