“Have you ever heard that saying,Why buy the cow when the milk is free?’” He looks her up and down. “I’m just trying to be honest with you, Mia. He’s fucking you because you’ve grown into an exquisite woman and you look like you have a body to die for, but he’s never going to marry you.”
She licks her lips nervously. “I don’t really know what you’re trying to say.”
“I am saying, no one in my family knew he was dating you, period, okay? And if he was serious about you, he would’ve told us. Also, I know you’re not really into him.”
“What are you talking about?” she says, taking a step away from him.
“I’m just saying, I know he’s the consolation prize.”
“What?” She just stares at him.
“You wanted me. You couldn’t get me, so you got the second-best Haverbrook brother.” He shrugs. “Look, you know you would’ve done anything to be with me. Well, now’s your chance. Don’t you want a chance with the best Haverbrook brother?”
“I think you’re fucking rude as hell, Rex,” Mia says.
I smile at her response to him. I know I should step forward and let them know that I’ve witnessed the conversation, but for some reason, I want to see how Mia handles it.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Rex says.
“You think I give a shit about you? You think that you’re going to send me some wedding invite with a note and be like,Mia’s a loser, and she can’t get a date, and I’m just going to take it, lying down?”
Rex frowns as he stares at her. “Look, Mia, our families are close. Of course you were going to get an invitation. Everyone got the same note.”
“Everyone did not get the same note,” she says. “Juniper didn’t get the note. Wendy didn’t get the note. Silvie didn’t get the note. Josie didn’t get the note. Summer didn’t get the note.”
“To be quite honest with you, you’re listing a bunch of names, and I don’t even really know half of these people, and I don’t care about them. I don’t even know what was written on the invitation.”
“You’re telling me you don’t know what was written on the invitation?” She glares at him. “You’re such a pig to think that I ever thought you were cute.”
“You thought I was cute. You thought I was sexy. You wanted me to be your first. Remember?”
She glares at him. “Thank God that never happened,” she says, shaking her head.
Rex steps forward and grabs her by the hand. “We can still make something happen.”
“You’re getting married, Rex!” She’s practically screaming at him. “You’re such a jerk.”
“Maybe I want to sample some other pieces of meat before I finally decide which cut I want.”
It’s then that I have to step forward.
“Excuse me, what’s going on here?” I say.
Both Rex and Mia turn to me with shock in their eyes. She runs over to me immediately and jumps up into my arms, grabs my face, and kisses me hard and passionately. Her tongue slides into my mouth, and I run my fingers through her hair. She’s breathing heavily, and I can’t stop myself from kissing her back passionately. Our tongues twist together, and I feel her fingers running down my shoulders. She presses herself against me, and I wrap my arms around her waist and squeeze her ass. She’s wearing a pair of shorts, and I slide my fingers up her inner thigh. She giggles slightly as she steps back.
“There. You are my knight in shining armor yet again,” she says.
I kiss her on the lips and turn to Rex, giving him the most disdainful glance I can muster. “Don’t you ever hit on my girlfriend again. Do you hear me?”
Rex stares at me in shock, saying nothing.
“She’s mine.”
Rex just shakes his head and walks away.
Mia looks up at me and takes a deep breath. “I can’t believe I everthought he was cute. Why was I such a fucking fool? He’s horrible. I’m sorry. He’s really, really horrible.”
“I know. I really do. Did you kiss me because he was there and you wanted to prove to him that we were together or?—”
