“It’s not even noon,” Krish said.
The bouncer shrugged. “None of my business what you order with your drink coupon, bud.”
“If no one gets back to me...?” Sejal looked at the camera again. “Sunil, you better call me, damn it.”
“Miss, you can either wait inside or get in your car, but I can’t let you make a scene.”
“We’ll wait in the car, thanks,” Krish said, and took hold of Sejal’s arm.
Sejal shot a glare over her shoulder as they walked away. “We should go in.”
“I’d rather not.”
“Not a fan of strip clubs?”
“Not really.”
“Why not? Too prudish?”
“I don’t care what other people look at. I’d rather—” He cleared his throat.
“Rather what?”
“Rather have a more personal connection to the person I’m going to see naked,” he said, more quietly.
“Oh.”
Do not think about him naked.
Except how could she not? The memory of his nice bare ass was imprinted on her brain forever, and she’d only gotten a glimpse when he’d turned around and put his boxers on. The full frontal visual was a mystery.
If only she’d gotten that towel off him yesterday.
The phone buzzed in Krish’s hand, and they both stopped. He checked the screen, and his brow furrowed.
“Is it...?”
His frown didn’t dissipate, but he shook his head. “No. It’s nothing. My mom.”
Oh. Good. Once again, thinking about his mom definitely got her mind off his ass.
They got inside the car. Krish took out his phone and put it between them on the console. “Do you think he’ll call?”
“Not sure. Fifty-fifty. I think Sunil helped me back when my mom kidnapped me.” The words popped out of her. It was like her mouth was dying to tell him about that incident.
“You don’t know?”
“I was pretty out of it. My mom drugged me while she held me. Roughed me up a bit.”
There was an appalled silence for a second. “Shebeatyou?”
Sejal scratched her head. “My friend, I told you she kidnapped me. Did you think she got me a penthouse suite with room service?”
He scrubbed his hand over his face. “What exactly precipitated this kidnapping?”
“It’s not important.”
“You can’t drop breadcrumbs about a kidnapping and then not go into more detail. That’s cruel.” He gestured to the car, as if to show that no one else was around. “I won’t tell anyone. I promise.”
