The Man I Thought I Trusted - E. L. Todd Page 0,49
at him. “I’m going to go warm up.” He leaned down and gave her a peck on the lips before he jogged onto the court.
Denise checked out his ass before she looked at me.
I grinned. “I heard things got pretty heavy.”
She flipped her hair behind her shoulder and played it cool. “Very.”
“You guys are cute together.”
“We are, aren’t we?” She smiled. “And he’s so smart and such a good guy. Way better than all the doctors and nurses I usually date. I feel like every time I dated a guy, it was just stuffy and forced, but with him, it just feels right.”
Yeah, because the guy is head over heels in love with you. “Yeah, he’s the best guy I know.”
“The best?” Dax’s playful voice came from behind me.
I grinned before I turned around. “Okay…second best.”
He walked up to me, his chest sweaty and sexy. “That’s better.”
My fingertips went to his abs and felt the wet hardness as my eyes moved up his body, over his sexiness and to his face, where there was a nice shadow along his jawline. I rose on my tiptoes to kiss him, my hands grabbing on to his torso for balance. “You’re so hot.”
He smiled against my mouth as he kissed me. “You want to ditch the game and find an alleyway?”
“I mean…I wouldn’t say no.”
He chuckled before he kissed me again. “We’ll find one on the way home.” He pulled away and gave my ass a smack before he walked onto the court.
I walked with him.
“So…Charlie and Denise?”
“Yep. Charlie and Denise.”
He looked at Charlie, who stood with his hands on his hips, but instead of focusing on the game, he was staring at Denise on the bleachers. “He looks happy.”
“And she looks happy too.”
He turned back to me. “Looks like you did good.”
“Guess I’m cupid’s little bitch now.”
He chuckled before he joined his team on the other side of the half court line. “Ready, sweetheart?”
“Am I ready to kick your ass?” I asked. “Always.” I blew him a kiss.
He caught it then flattened his palm over his crotch.
“Ooh, I like that.”
Charlie had his arm around Denise’s shoulders as he sat beside her in the booth, turning his head toward her often to stare at her face every time she talked, like watching her lips move was hypnotizing. “So, tonight’s the last night…”
“Yep.” I pulled my beer closer to me. “Our last night together.”
Matt turned to Charlie. “You don’t seem too sad about it.”
Charlie pulled Denise closer to him and pressed a kiss to her hairline. “It’s hard for me to be sad about anything lately.”
Denise closed her eyes as she felt his affection, like his embrace gave her a high that couldn’t be replicated with anything else.
“So, you’re going to live in that apartment alone?” Matt asked. “It’s a two-bedroom.”
“I’m not going to move just because Carson is leaving,” Charlie answered. “I can make rent on my own.”
“Even without me paying for all the groceries?” I questioned.
“As long as you don’t keep eating half my lunch every day, I should be able to do it,” Charlie countered. “And we know I don’t need condoms anymore, so…that’s a nice savings.”
Matt winked before he gave him a thumbs-up.
“You’re the one going to save a ton on everything,” Charlie said. “No rent. No groceries. You should invest that money and turn it into some serious cash flow.”
“What are you talking about?” I asked. “I’ll still pay rent and stuff. I’m not a freeloader.”
“You think you can pay half the mortgage?” Charlie asked incredulously. “It’s probably like $100,000 or something.”
“I can pay what I’m paying now.” I drank from my beer.
“And you think he’s just going to take it?” Matt asked. “That doesn’t make any sense.”
We hadn’t really talked about it, so I had no idea. “I’m sure there are things I can chip in for.”
“Or you could just buy lingerie,” Charlie said. “Dax will love seeing your selection in his closet every day.”
I rolled my eyes and kept drinking.
“Oh, there he is.” Matt gave a deep sigh. “Looking all sexy as usual.”
I turned to watch him walk inside, wearing his suit because he was meeting up with us after work. Perfect from head to toe, he was one hell of a man. “Yep…” I gave a sigh too, like he was tender meat I could sink my teeth into.
When Dax spotted us, he came over and slid into the booth beside me. “Hey, sweetheart.” His arm moved around my shoulders, and he leaned in to give