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He smiles, his thumb brushing the line of my jaw. "Good. I'd like you to feel off-balance because you do the same to me."
Oh god, please don't say things like that. My knees are already weak, and if I keep going like this, I'm not going to be able to walk.
"I'm not a princess," I whisper, and I can barely get the words out.
"I'll be the judge of that," Dean says.
Then he drops his hand and steps around me, leaving me a shivering mess on his porch.
3
DELIA
Once I get my shoes on and join Dean in the garage, all of the teasing he’d been showing me is gone and he's back to the grouchiness Brody insisted is his full-time personality. I know better, though. All this princess stuff and the way he touches me tell me there’s a different sort of man beneath that hard crust.
For now, though, he looks annoyed.
"What's wrong?" I ask. "I thought we were getting takeout?"
"I just got off the phone with Brody," he says, still not looking at me, arms crossed. "You didn't tell me he went out partying. I thought he just went to get beer or something."
"What's the issue?" Frankly, now that I've had some time to think about it, I'm not at all mad that Brody left. He was getting on my nerves anyway.
"The issue is my son left his girlfriend alone to go be an ass with all of his school buddies. I'm fucking pissed he thinks it's okay."
"He's an adult."
"He's an irresponsible little shit, that's what he is. I didn't raise him to be an asshole."
"He's a grown man, so any dumb decisions are his own.”
Dean shoots me a dark look. "I can tell him how I feel about his choices."
I laugh. "Good luck with that. He's never listened to anyone a single day in his life as far as I can tell.”
Dean frowns, and his jaw tenses. "So he's always treated women like shit? I'm not surprised."
"That's not what I said."
"No, but it's what you meant."
Again, he's not wrong.
"Look, let's not talk about this, okay? I'm not interested in discussing my boyfriend's bad qualities."
"Your ex," Dean corrects. "He's not your boyfriend anymore, is he?"
My mouth drops open. "Excuse me?"
"It's obvious that you two are breaking up, princess. It's written all over your face. What the hell did he do to piss you off and why are you still dating him?"
"You know, I think this conversation is done." I clap my hands together as if that is enough to end the subject. If Brody finds out that Dean already knows he and I are on the verge of splitting, then he's going to be pissed. I'm supposed to be his girlfriend for the holiday. His dad shouldn't find out the truth on the first day. "Which one are we taking?"
Dean looks thrown off, which makes me grin. He looks at the black undercover cruiser, a Charger, and then his motorcycle. "We're obviously taking the cruiser."
I put on a little fake pout. "Oh. I've never been on a motorcycle before. I thought it might be fun."
Dean's lips quirk, and he tilts his head. "Are you telling me you want to ride the bike with me, princess?"
