The comments are pure internet gold.
Moving to Kentucky NOW.
This town may make bourbon but he’s making me
Add he can make a baby with me to that list.
I have something he can eat.
Mostly women. All sexual.
Some men. All sexual.
I turn the screen toward him. “Read the comments.”
Ian stares at it. His lips move as he reads. Then he sits back and shoves the phone away. “What the hell? Oh my God…”
“Told you you’re famous,” the teen boy tells him, clapping him on the back. “Tag yourself so these hot chicks will slide into your DMs.”
Ian looks horrified. “No! Absolutely not.”
“Dude, that’s crazy,” another boy says. “This is your fifteen minutes of fame and all that.”
Ian closes his eyes briefly. “I don’t want any fame unless it’s for the distillery.”
Then he pops them right back open when Buddy says, “Can I get you anything to eat, Hot Bourbon Guy?”
“You know about this?” Ian asks in astonishment. “I was hoping you of all people would not know the internet exists.”
“The town craft club shared it this morning on the Wanted social media page and then Lucy sent it to me.”
Ian groans. “This is humiliating.”
I offer him a shrug and a grin. I don’t think he would appreciate any teasing right now. Especially since he already seems eager to get away from me. But I can’t resist saying, “At least they think you’re hot.”
“I need to get ahead of this. I have to call the team at Four Brothers.” Ian abruptly sits up, shoving his chair backward. “Are you okay with these guys to move?”
Taken a little aback, I nod. “Yes. Of course.”
It doesn’t seem like a big deal to me, but Ian does have a business. If he thinks there is reason to be concerned, maybe there is. Though in a few days the video will be forgotten about. That’s how these things work.
I also think it’s flattering and downright hilarious.
But I’m left staring after Ian as he rushes out of the diner. He didn’t even say goodbye.
Lucy shoots me a look of sympathy. “That’s just how he is. Don’t worry about it, sweetie.”
She means well, but it makes me wince. This is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
Getting emotionally involved with a man who is my total opposite.
It would have been really damn smart to think about that last night before he destroyed me with his tongue but then again, I wouldn’t have had the experience of him destroying me with his tongue.
And that is a top five lifetime memory.
Even if Ian wants to see me again I should just stop it now before it goes any further and I really get in too deep.
Which given the way he has been brushing me off all morning, I don’t think he does.
