I mean, of course he had. It would’ve been stupid if they didn’t, for business’s sake.
Still, I liked that Ryo knew things about me.
“You’ll meet my sister one day.”
“No, thank you,” he replied, sipping at his water.
“Also, is it inappropriate to let you know I’m hard from all the information you know about me?”
His cheeks pinked, and he very quickly glanced down, then up and away.
Fucking cute.
Ruin guffawed, while Wolf snorted, and my handsome prince glowered at the wall.
“Very inappropriate,” Ryo finally said. “And at your age, you should know better.”
When he looked back to me, I winked. “You can call me daddy any time you want, snook.”
His blush deepened, as did his scowl. But his friends found me amusing.
Leaning into Ryo, I told him, “I may be nine years older than you, snook, but I bet I’ll keep up inanycircumstance.”
Ryo suddenly stood. “I need the bathroom.” He stalked out of there like his jeans were on fire.
“Did I push too much?” I asked, turning to Wolf and Ruin.
“I don’t think so,” Ruin said. He looked to Wolf.
“Are you serious about a relationship with Ryo?”
“Yeah,” I said to Wolf.
“You had better be, Link. If you screw with him, I will end our deal and make sure you pay for hurting him.”
My skin prickled. I hated threats, but I would take this one, since it was for Ryo’s sake. “I get you wanting to protect him. I’d never intentionally hurt him, and I’ll do everything I can to make sure I don’t. But shit happens. I can’t look into the future. Still, you gotta know that I haven’t wanted anyone as much as I do him in a long time, and that’s only after a few times seeing the guy. I can only image how obsessive I’ll become after dating him for a while and he gives me his everything. I won’t want to give him up. I’ll want to keep him forever. He doesn’t know just how possessive I can get.”
Wolf smirked. “I think he’s gathering it.” He sobered and quietly said, “However, you also need to consider that what you’re now getting from Ryo in front of others may be all he can offer. He’s not used to showing the… softer side around other people. I’m sure he’ll be different behind closed doors, but out in the open, he controls himself.”
How had he gotten that way?
I wanted to know. I wanted every bit of information I could get on Ryo Sato.
Shrugging, I swallowed my mouthful and said, “I already like Ryo as he is.”
Wolf grinned. “I may like you, Link.”
Smirking, I cocked a brow. “You’re only figuring this out now?”
Ruin clipped. “And he means platonically.”
Chuckling, I rolled my eyes. “I get it, Ruin. You’ve pissed all over Wolf.”
Ruin nodded, looking smug.
“All right, so I keep doing what I’m doing when it comes to Ryo?”
Wolf nodded, and his gaze moved over to the doors. I glanced back to watch Ryo approach.
