“Not sure I’ve seen you with a woman since I got back in town,” Mark said. “Other than Emma, of course.”
Ryan shrugged. “I’ve been busy, between Off-the-Grid and tending bar…”
“Too busy to get laid?” Ethan’s eyebrows arched.
Ryan snatched a wing from the platter and bit into it.
Mark glanced across the table at Ethan. “It’s worse than we thought.”
Ethan nodded. “I can’t remember the last time I saw you with a woman other than Emma either. Damn. I had no idea you were this hung up on her. How long’s it been, man?”
Too fucking long.Ryan finished eating his wing, flipped Ethan the bird, and lifted his beer.
“Interesting.” Ethan took a drink from his own beer. “So why are you so sure you couldn’t have something real with her, something more than a hookup?”
Ryan took another drink from his beer. “Emma’s got this thing right now where she’s trying to shake things up. She wants to get a tattoo and date outside her comfort zone. I think it’s a dare her friends put her up to. But this isn’t who she is, and sooner or later she’s going to come to her senses.”
“You sure about that?” Ethan asked with humor in his eyes.
Ryan grimaced. “She’s looking up guys on Tinder…shady guys. I don’t know how to stop her.”
“I know how.” Ethan was laughing now.
Even Mark was grinning from ear to ear.
“Yo, I’m not sleeping with Emma. You assholes are supposed to back me up here.”
