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I bit back a growl. He had no claim on me, especially after abandoning me. If anything, he should be thanking me for sending him a new customer. But with the way he was acting, I’d be surprised if Damian didn’t tell him to shove it. I sure as hell would.
Nero placed the glass on the bar in front of me with a little too much gusto. He closed the bottle and glared at Damian. “Do you want anything else?” His tone was curt and short.
“I’m good for now, thank you.” Damian smiled at Nero, which was more grace than Nero deserved. “Are you hungry?” Damian asked me. “There’s a taco truck outside that’s delicious. I had a shrimp taco.”
“She’s allergic to shrimp. Are you trying to kill her?” Nero snapped.
Damian’s hands shot up in front of him. “I didn’t know, but I’m sure she would have told me.”
“Yes, I would have.” I set my jaw. “Thank you, Nero, but you can go help someone else now.” I glared at him with every ounce of frustration that was bubbling just beneath the surface. “Maybe that blonde who you were flirting with earlier.” I hated that I’d said it, but I didn’t take it back. I wouldn’t. He could flirt with anyone he wanted to, but I couldn’t have a drink with a man? Screw that.
“Whatever,” Nero said and stormed to the other side of the bar.
“That was a little intense,” Damian said when Nero was out of earshot.
I took a sip of wine. “I’m sorry. He’s usually not like that.”
“He’s jealous.”
“I doubt that. Nero doesn’t do jealousy.”
“Maybe he didn’t, but he definitely does now. Is there something between you two I should know about?”
“No,” I said a little too quickly, then hid behind my glass. “I mean… I don’t know. It’s complicated, I guess.”
“Did you two date?”
A snort rumbled my nose. “I don’t think he’s ever had a girlfriend in his life.”
“Wants all the perks without the effort.”
I tilted my head. “What do you mean?”
He gave me a warm smile, one that probably should’ve made my heart race, but it was still shaking its fist at Nero’s back. “A woman like you should be appreciated. There should be no question about intentions.”
“What are your intentions?” I bat my lashes. There was no reason why I should ignore a man who was interested in me and didn’t have some stupid rule about not dating.
Damian leaned in. He smelled like a forest of pine. “To have a drink with a beautiful woman and see where it goes. How does that sound for you?”
“Sounds pretty good. Where’s this beautiful woman?” I glanced around, coming back to him with a smile.
His finger rested beneath my chin. “There’s only one I see.”
His touch didn’t elicit any desperation or a sudden rush of heat to my core, but he was handsome and kind.
“That line work for you before?” I asked.
“First time I’m trying it out. How’d it do?”
“Eight out of ten. Would recommend again.”
“Maybe after tonight I won’t need to use it again.”
“I guess we’ll have to wait and see.”
His eyes twinkled at my words, and I turned to my glass with a satisfied quirk of my lips. As I lifted the glass to my mouth, I caught Nero’s gaze.
It was darker than before. My throat tightened under the intensity. If Damian hadn’t said it, I never would have known what I was seeing.
