Page 6 of Rebellious Hearts

Sofia’s eyes widened, and then she laughed. “Oh, that would explain it.”

“What?”

“Why you sit so far from each other and you keep glaring at him when he looks like he wants to pull a move on Elena.”

Amy snorted. “That transparent, huh?”

“I’m a sister, too,” Sofia said with a wink. “Idon’tgo out with my brother for exactly that reason. If he’s going to make a mistake, it won’t be on my watch.”

Amy laughed. “That’s backward, but sure.”

Sofia giggled and turned back to me. I’d been staring at her whole exchange with Amy. She was so comfortable in her own skin, so quick-witted. She really was the complete package—gorgeous, funny, witty…

Stop it, I told myself.You don’t date, you fuck around.

But she was someone I really wanted to get closer to. Even if it was just physically because, as the little voice in the back of my mind so diligently reminded me, I didn’t date.

I only fucked around.

It was safer that way. Rather that, with the idea that we were going to leave it at that, than whoever I was with figured out the truth about me and then someone—usually me—got hurt.

No, sir, I wasn’t going to get that close to this one. No matter how much I wanted to. She had the uncanny ability to make me completely drawn to her in one evening. How much more would it hurt when I was actually involved with her?

Yeah, definitely get it together.

She turned to me. “So, now that you’ve decided the drink isn’t enough to get to know me, do you think you’re on the right track?”

“Better,” I said. “Although, there’s still a lot I don’t know about you, and a quick chat and a drink can’t tell me about it.”

“What’s that?” Sofia asked.

I leaned a little closer. “Some things are way better explained in the bedroom.”

She gasped, but that smile that played around the corners of her mouth and her sparkling eyes… “Excuse me?”

“I can’t tell what you’re like in bed, so that’s just something you’ll have to show me.”

I was pushing the boundaries, but something about the way she looked at me made me fearless. For a moment, it looked like she was battling herself, trying to decide which way to go—give in or hand my ass to me for being way too forward.

“You’re right,” she said a moment later, and I swear she pushed her breasts out a little. “Some thingsarebetter proven in bed.”

A shiver ran down my spine, and my cock hardened in my pants.

“Is your friend going to be okay alone?” I murmured.

“She looks like she’s in good hands.” Sofia glanced at Elena, who was sitting a lot closer to Luke than before. Amy was starting to look irritated but she was a big girl. We could all take care of ourselves.

Sofia pulled Elena away from Luke and they had a whispered conversation. Elena nodded, and Sofia turned back to me.

“She’ll be fine. I trust you’ll cover our bill?”

“Of course,” I said.

She slid her hand into mine, her fingers slim, her hand small, and I wanted it wrapped around my cock.

“What are we waiting for?”

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