“Ahh, you’re Gerald. Theex.”
“You’ve heard of me?” His chin lifts and his nose points up in the air like he’s fucking royalty. Someone needs to knock his ass offhis imaginary pedestal.
“Yeah, I’ve heard of you. Although, I’m not sure why you were so eager to be introduced to the man who’s fucking your ex-girlfriend.”
Gerald’s jaw drops, and his eyes bounce back and forth between Nevaeh and me. “Bullshit!” he hisses. “Nevaeh is a virgin. She doesn’t have sex.”
Well, this just got interesting.
Nevaeh tenses, and I pull her closer into my side. I don’t know who the fuck this guy thinks he is, but I’m about to put him in his place for Nevaeh’s sake. Leaning toward Gerald, I say slowly, “Well, Gerald, the fact my cock has been pounding into her tight, warm fucking cunt night after night for the last year says otherwise.”
His fists tightening tells me I’ve hit a nerve, and that has me grinning. Just as he’s about to say something, Logan walks up. “What’s up, Ethan?” Logan looks from Nevaeh to me, and I know I need to end this before Logan fucks it up for this girl.
Turning to Nevaeh, I lay it on thick, knowing her ex is hanging onto every word I say. “Baby, I need to get back to work, but I’ll see you later.” I give her a wink and a quick kiss before letting go of her and walking away with Logan, who looks confused as fuck.
Once we’re out of earshot, he says, “Who was that hot chick and why the fuck were you calling her baby?”
As we head back to my office, I explain the little I know, which isn’t really much.
“So how did it feel?” Logan asks, dropping into a chair.
I close my door and sit behind my desk. “How did what feel?”
“To be someone’s boyfriend.” He laughs.
“I’ve been a boyfriend before, asshole.” At one time in my life Iwas a whole lot more.
“And I think I made a damn good boyfriend if I say so myself.” I nod jokingly. “Plus, it was so short-lived, I didn’t have time to fuck anything up.” I chuckle. “Actually, I take that back. I think I did kind of fuck it up.”
“In the thirty seconds you were pretending?” Logan raises a brow in disbelief.
“Apparently she’s a virgin, so when I told him we’d been fucking for the last year, he damn near lost his shit. He probably thinks she’s a whore now.”
Logan laughs. “Did you at least get her number?”
“Hell no. The last thing I need is some innocent girl getting attached to me.”
“True,” Logan agrees. “What did you say her name was?”
“Why?” I ask, suddenly feeling protective over this woman I don’t even know.
“Just asking.” He shrugs nonchalantly.
“She’s off-limits.”
Logan laughs. “I wasn’t planning to go there.”
“Good, don’t. Now, let’s talk about the dirty cop,” I say, switching gears. “How the fuck did you let it get to the point he owes over two hundred grand?”
“He’s a fucking cop, Ethan. I couldn’t say no. Plus, he was good for it.”
“You know better than that shit. You don’t take bets people can’t back up.”
“He made comments, man.”
“Threats?” My ears perk up. Surely, that dirty fucking cop didn’tthreaten me or my business.
“He said he would be forced to let the higher-ups know what’s going on downstairs.”
