Brick Brick (Knights Corruption MC - Next Generation, #4) - S. Nelson Page 0,29
calls.” His face fell and for a split second I felt bad for the guy. Sasha swallowed half his drink, the ice cubes clanking together when he set the glass back down. “Fuck.” He ran his hand through his wavy hair. “I don’t know what else to do.”
“Keep tryin’.” Short and to the point. “If I fucked up with Zoe, and I’m sure I will at some point, there’s nothin’ I wouldn’t do to get her back.” I leaned forward, my large frame casting a shadow of intimidation. “Nothin’.”
Instead of being wary of me, Sasha laughed. “No worries. We’re strictly friends. That’s all.”
There were a few things I wanted to add, but I needed to take a piss and find out what the hell was taking her so long. “I’ll be right back.” Sasha downed the rest of his drink in response, then pulled his phone from his pocket.
Walking toward the back of the restaurant, steering around the tables so as not to knock into anyone, I found the hallway leading to the bathrooms easily enough. As I approached the men’s, I noticed two women standing at the other end of the narrow walkway.
“Do you think he’d be interested?”
“I’m not sure that’s such a good idea.” That was Zoe’s voice. I turned back and walked toward them, every step I took heavy with trepidation because there was something going on, something odd I couldn’t quite put my finger on yet.
“For whom? You or me?”
“I don’t want to get into it right now. Can you just drop it?”
“But I want to find out what’s so special about him that you left London.”
“I didn’t meet him until after I came home. You know that.”
Andy tucked a strand of Zoe’s hair behind her ear, then traced the side of her face, her arm falling when she saw me approach.
“There he is.” Andy turned to look at me. “You are a big one. Does that apply everywhere?” She touched my arm and I ignored her. She’d had a few drinks and I didn’t know if she was always this ballsy or if she was trying to rile her friend for some reason.
“I’m ready to go when you are.” My focus was on Zoe and not her friend.
“We were just having some fun,” Andy chimed in, completely oblivious to the cold shoulder I gave her. “Wanna join?”
“Andy.” Zoe’s tone was curt. “Don’t.” She stepped away from her and moved around me.
“I was only playing around, Zo. Don’t be mad.” Andy’s brows creased, and while she tried to play it off, she was worried about Zoe’s reaction to her comments. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine. Let’s just get back to the table.” She grabbed my hand and tugged, but I still had to piss.
“I gotta use the restroom first.” We had a bit of a drive back to the house, and if I didn’t go now, I’d regret it.
“Want me to wait?”
“No. I’ll be quick.” I hated having her out of my sight, but I couldn’t very well drag her into the men’s room.
“Okay.” She wanted to tell me something else, but Andy grabbed her arm, whispered something in her ear and pulled her away.
Zoe reluctantly went with her.
13
The ride back to his house was uncomfortably silent, but that probably had everything to do with my guilt over not having been honest with him about certain parts of my life. Our time spent together hadn’t been long, by any means, but Brick wasn’t like anyone else I’d ever known.
While attraction pushed us together, a longing to be around him all the time kept me coming back for more. I wanted to know everything about him.
His fears.
His dreams for the future.
I’d say his desires, but he’d shown me those already.
“How did you think everything went tonight?” His voice startled me, and I flinched, but I didn’t think he noticed, the darkness of the interior of his truck shielding my sudden reaction.
“Good. Andy and Sasha seemed to like you.”
“Andy may have liked me a little too much.” He chuckled, turning to look at me. “Is she a flirt?”
Now it was my time to laugh. He had no idea. “Yeah, you can say that. Although she typically flirts with women.” I hadn’t meant to blurt that out, but the words fell out of my mouth before I could stop them.
“Really?” he asked, elongating the first syllable of his one-word question. He tapped his fingers against the wheel, then suddenly stopped. “Wait a minute. Does she like you?”