“Long time no see, Mateo,” she tells the bartender while he makes his way over. His eyes widen when he spots her.
“Kamila. Wow.” Mateo looks like he wants to swallow her whole. My body tenses when I see the obvious sexual desire in his eyes while he gawks. It’s not jealousy I feel, it’s annoyance.
“I barely recognized you,” he finally says. “You look great.”
She leans over the counter, and he looks directly at her tits. Could he be any more fucking obvious?
“Thanks.” She smiles sweetly at him.
This is like the beginning of a bad porno.
He finally manages to bring his eyes back up to her face. “What can I get for you?”
“Let me have an amaretto sour, vodka soda, and a mojito.”
“No problem.”
“Make that two of each, actually,” she says quickly before he turns. Mateo looks back down at her tits.
Alright, that’s enough. I clear my throat.
He looks over before dismissing me. “I’ll be right with you.”
“ActuallyMateo, you’ll take my order now, and I wouldn’t look at her tits again since she’s with me tonight, got it?” Kamilawhips her head back and narrows her eyes into slits, but mine are still focused on Mateo’s, whose face has gone a little paler.
“Sorry. Didn’t notice. What can I get for you?” he stammers, and I can’t help but grin.
“Water.”
“Coming right up.”
Emma’s gaping over at me. She drags her pointer finger across her neck as to say:she’s really going to kill you now.
That’s exactly what I’m expecting,I retaliate silently.
“What the hell was that?!” Kamila yells loud enough to hear her clearly over the music. “I had the perfect opportunity to take a cute bartender home tonight, and you ruined it by marking your territory like a dog.”
I bite my bottom lip, attempting not to laugh. Her face is fucking priceless. She brings out a whole other side of me. The little devil has been making on-and-off appearances for a couple of years now, yet around her, he thrives. I have the feeling he’s not going away anytime soon, not while she’s around.
“Good, now I have your attention.”
“What do you want, Kahlo?” She looks at me, bored.
“For you to listen for once in your goddamn life.”
She opens her mouth to speak, and I take a step forward, cutting her off.
“You’ll listen to me, or I’ll be two steps behind you all night, giving a death stare to every guy who so much as looks in your direction. And I will tell all of them that you aremine. Is that what you want, Kamila?”
She stares at me in horror as if waiting to see if I’m being serious or not. When she realizes that I’m not messing around, she shakes her head no.
“Good. Now, can you stop throwing a temper tantrum long enough to hear me out?”
She opens her mouth while her nostrils flare. When I realize that she’s going to say something she’ll regret, I give her my besttry melook. She closes it and nods.
Delight zings through me. “Listen carefully. I promised Zo a night of fun. She’s a new friend, but we’ve gotten close, and I don’t want to make her feel uncomfortable. I’m willing to put our problems aside for tonight for her. Are you willing to do that?”
She looks at me suspiciously and crosses her arms. After an entire minute, she finally speaks. “Do you like her?”
