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I ignore the ache in my chest at the thought. I wanted this just-sex relationship with him. I practically begged him for it. All for the chance to take a timeout from the list. But can I sleep with him while he's sleeping with other women? I don't know that I can. Would he be willing to be faithful to me while we're having our ‘fun’?
Determined not to reveal how uncertain I am, I paste a smile on my face and walk up to the bar, relieved I'm able to snag one of the few stools there. Once I'm seated, he walks over to me.
“I didn't think I was going to see you tonight.”
I ignore the woman who just sucked the lime out of Dylan's mouth, despite the fact I can feel her glaring daggers through me.
“I thought you might need the help.” I look around the bar, settling a moment longer than intended on the woman who was flirting with Dylan before I look back at him. “You don't appear too busy, though.”
I keep my tone light, but he seems to read my thoughts.
“She was flirting with me. It's always just been instinctive to flirt back. It's what I've always done. It's good for business. Good for the bar.” His voice is a touch defensive, but his eyes soften as he continues to study me. “If I'd realised you were there, I wouldn't have done what I did.”
So he would have hidden it?
“I'm sorry if my actions bothered you,” he adds.
Bothered me? Seeing another woman sucking a lime out of his mouth devastated me. And if I hadn't been here, he wouldn't have felt guilty over it? Would happily have done it all over again?
“This isn't a relationship. I know that. I don't expect anything from you. But...”
“You do expect something from me?”
“No. I don't. I'm all for fun, Dylan, but that said, I can't...I can't sleep with you again knowing I'm not the only girl you're sleeping with.”
He stands up straight, his expression going from attentive to angry.
“I'm not going to screw anyone else while we're together.”
“But that's the thing. We're not together, are we?”
“I'm not interested in sleeping with other women when I've finally got you in my bed after all these years.”
His words send a rolling wave of heat through my belly. “Then it's just you and me?” I ask.
“Unless you want to invite someone else into the bedroom with us, yeah.” He smirks. “Does that float your boat? Is that something else you want to try while you're making fun your business?”
I shake my head, partly disgusted and partly amused. He's teasing me, isn't he?
“Have you had a threesome before?” I ask.
He shrugs. “A few times.”
“And were they good?”
His grin is so wide and his eyes so wicked, my stomach flip-flops. “They weren't bad.”
Jealousy stabs through me. Thank goodness Dylan and I are just a short-term thing, because I have the horrible suspicion I could never be what he needs long-term. Not as adventurous and exciting as he needs. And if the thought of him with another woman pulverizes my heart, the thought of him with multiple lovers leaves my breath stuck in my lungs while my chest constricts.
“But there's something to be said for one guy and one girl, too,” he says softly. “I like the idea of just being focused on one other person's pleasure.”
The gravelly words stroke between my legs and I struggle to breathe for an entirely different reason.
“You're good at it,” I whisper back huskily.
The way he's looking at me...it makes me think he's considering all the ways he'd like to pleasure me right now. I'm tempted to lean in, grab him by the collar and kiss him.
“Later,” he says, reading me perfectly. “I've got time to teach you how to make a few drinks if you want to get your arse back here.”
