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I didn’t let it fester and make me bitter. Bitter was the last thing I wanted. No, I relished the ache, reminding myself it was worth every sharp prick to the heart. Then I headed over to Albert and placed the four cartons of blueberries in my shopping bag. “Thanks, Albert, and sorry to have brought you into that.”
“Brought me into what?” he asked, and I titled my head only to realize he was keeping his word and pretending like he didn’t know anything.
“Thanks,” I said again. I held up the bag and made to leave.
“Hey, blondie,” he said, and I turned to him. “He’s an asshole, but he has a good heart.”
I nodded. “I know.” I was surprised that Albert, of all people, could see what I thought only I could. “How long has he been helping you?”
“Oh no. We’re not doing this,” he said and shuffled away, mumbling. “Try to be nice, and they want to talk your ear off. This is why I don’t talk to people.”
“Have a good day, Albert!” I called after him.
With another swat of his hand this time behind him, he made his way toward Nero, and I headed to my car. I had no idea how this partnership between Albert and Nero formed, and I shouldn’t be curious. Not after I gave myself to Nero completely, and he gave me the best orgasms of my life before the bastard abandoned me.
But I was.
Like a fucking creeper, I watched Lainey walk to her car and get in. She looked good. Too damn good. Did she have any idea how those jeans molded to her ass, or how that shirt made her impossibly blue eyes even more blue? Or how it dipped just enough to reveal that creamy bit of cleavage that made my dick hard?
I wanted to tell her I didn’t take that brunette home. I wouldn’t. Not after I knew what it was like to have Lainey in my bed. I never wanted anyone else there.
Yet I ruined any chance we had.
So instead of running after her, I watched her get in her car and shut her door.
“Want to talk about it?” Albert asked as Lainey pulled out of the parking lot.
“No.” I stacked the box I was holding on top of another. I’d been helping Albert out since the spring when he realized his knees were fucked and he needed replacement surgery. He still hadn’t scheduled the surgery. He wanted to wait until the season was over.
“Good because I didn’t want to hear it.”
I shot him a confused glance. “Then why’d you ask?”
“I was being polite.” He opened the box and started placing apples in a more desirable basket. Though I was surprised he didn’t open the boxes and say fuck it.
“I don’t think you’ve ever been polite a single day in your life.”
The old bastard shrugged. “Fine. I guess you could say I’m worried about you.”
“I’m flattered.”
“Ugh,” he grumbled. “Don’t be a jackass.”
“It’s kind of my MO.” And I was really living up to it. Lainey would agree, I was sure. Hell, she’d probably vote me king of the jackasses. She had every right.
“What happened with Blondie?”
“I thought you didn’t want to hear it.”
“I don’t, but I think you need to talk about it.” This was exactly why I didn’t let emotions into sex. It made everything confusing and complicated as all hell.
“I’d rather not.” Not like Albert could give me any advice. The man had been single his whole life. The longest relationship he had was fighting with Odette at whatever town event they were at.
“Fine, be a stubborn ass. See if I care.” He shuffled away.
“Albert,” I called out.
“What?”
