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Finally, he speaks.
“I am fucking jealous. I didn’t like him ogling you!”
“Not my problem!”
“He shouldn’t have been the one teaching you how to play pool.”
“Again, not my problem. I asked you to teach me. I didn’t ask him.”
“You could have said no when he asked.”
“So, you do think it’s my fault?” I turn my back on him in a huff.
“No, I know it wasn’t your fault.”
I warily turn back around and raise a winged brow at him.
Chase holds up his right hand and states, “Fine, I, Chase Knight, overreacted when I saw another man ogling my wife,” Chase shrugs, “He was teaching you how to play pool when I wanted to be the one to show you. I wanted to show you how to hold the cue stick. I wanted to have my arms around you tonight. I fucking wanted to be the one whispering sexual innuendoes in your ear, the kind that would make you blush.”
“Sexy innuendos? Like what?” I ask, in spite of myself.
“Like wrapping your hand around the cue stick and telling you how rigid and smooth it feels. I wanted to talk about balls and sinking them into the hole.”
I feel my lips start to curl up in a laugh at his silly and, yes, sexual innuendos.
“What else?”
“That’s all I could think of because my mind was clouded with thoughts of burying my fist in Matteo’s face if he called himself a gift from the gods one more time.”
At those words, I go ahead and let myself laugh.
“It means gift of God, in Italian.”
“You know Italian?”
“No, not really. I only know a few words, but I happen to have a cousin named Matteo.”
“What else don’t I know about you, Valentina?”
“Well, for one. I prefer to be called Val instead of Valentina.”
“What is the meaning of the name Valentina in Italian? Beautiful?”
“No, I believe it’s strong and healthy.”
“I’m glad you’re strong, healthy, and beautiful.”
He comes up and cups my face with his hands then gives me one of his grins.
“Don’t try to sweeten me up with one of your sexy lopsided grins.”
“So, you think my grins are sexy, huh?”
I roll my eyes, then give him a narrowed look.
“Maybe.”
“Admit it, you liked what I did to you in the storage room. Didn’t you, Val?”
