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“So,” I say turning to look at her. “Are you mad?”
She shakes her head and smiles. “At first, I was freaking out inside, I didn’t think you would have the nerve.”
I laugh. “I almost chickened out back there, but I really wanted to see you.” I take her hand. “I’m sorry I acted like a two-year-old earlier. This is new to me, Arrow.”
She nods. “It’s okay. Just don’t ignore me again,” she tells me. “I really don’t like to be ignored.”
“Deal.” I lean over and press my lips to hers giving her a quick kiss. “I won’t ignore you.”
“Good.” She smiles against my lips. “But I don’t like other girls touching you.”
I can’t help but let my smile grow, I swear I haven’t smiled this much in a long time. “I like you jealous, baby. But you have nothing to worry about, I don’t see anyone but you.”
“There you go again, telling me what you tell all the pretty girls.”
I pull my face from hers and look into those stormy eyes. “Like I said earlier, you’re the only pretty girl I know.”
Bliss huffs out a short laugh and shakes her head. “I know you’re new at this, but don’t make me fall for you if you aren’t able to catch me.”
I frown, confused, and I want to ask her what she means but Keith is back apologizing for the call but it’s the case he’s working on. I put it together that he is a lawyer because he doesn’t give me detective vibes, and he keeps saying words like ‘jury’ and ‘the defense’. Our food comes, and, for the most part, we eat in silence. Turns out Keith likes basketball and enjoys watching college ball, he even knows who I am and my stats. He also knows about Jackson, not the dark stuff, just that he passed away. Bliss holds my hand under the table, and I’m grateful that she knows what I need without me showing it or telling her. I talk at the right times and share what my mind will let me when it comes to Jackson. I also tell Keith anytime he wants to come to a game, I’ll get him some family tickets.
“Wait.” He frowns and my stomach drops, it’s as if he’s remembering something, does he know? “You’re Sam Knight’s son?”
That caught me off guard, my dad is a former pro baseball player, he was good, but I wouldn’t say he’s a legend in Los Angeles, even if he’s a legend to me.
“Yeah.” I nod. “That’s my dad.”
Bliss doesn’t seem fazed and I’m going to guess she has already heard that.
“Wow.” He looks to his daughter. “I like him better than the last one, doesn’t seem like your type, though but I like it.”
Guessing the last one was Dex, I’m not sure how to take Keith’s honesty, but I brush it off for later and don’t say anything.
“He’s a lot better, so I guess it’s a good thing I changed it up a little.” Bliss smiles and nudges me. I nudge her back.
He smiles. “Like I said, I like it.”
We spend another twenty minutes finishing our burgers and fries, and Keith pays the bill after I offered to pay for it. He laughed and said he’s glad chivalry isn’t dead, because his princess deserved it. Bliss blushes but I know it’s true. I’m determined to not fuck this up.
My phone vibrates, and I pull it out as we stand.
Ash: Come on, time for bday shots, bitch!
I can’t tell her dad I have to take a shot for my friends’ birthday when he knows I drove.
“Hey, Bliss, I have to go say happy birthday to Ash,” I tell them when we reach the front, I’m not sure what she plans on doing. Is she going to act like she’s going home?
Instead she smiles. “Oh yeah, he’s here. I’ll come with you.” She looks to her dad. “I’ll see you next week?”
He smiles. “Of course, baby girl. Text me when you get where you’re going tonight.” He looks to me and back to her.
Damn, Keith isn’t playing; he wants me to know that he knows what we are up to.
After he kisses her cheek and says goodbye, I take her hand and walk us over to where the group is seated. Ash’s green eyes light up.
“Look who’s here and alive.” He smiles at Bliss, but it rubs me the wrong way, knowing it could have been worse.
She doesn’t seem to mind sliding in next to Cam and I sit across from her by JR, one of our teammates. “Happy Birthday Ash,” she says and smiles.
