I looked up and saw him glaring down at me. His aviators hung on his button-down shirt so I could see the intense green of his eyes. “Date, huh?”
“Yeah, should be fun.”
I squirmed and twirled a lock of hair between my fingers. “What are you staring at?”
“Are you going to wear that?” He looked down at my sundress and my tasteful amount of cleavage.
“What’s it to you?”
“Don’t want him to get the wrong idea.”
I was about to lay into him when Mom reappeared with a man following close behind.
I was shocked to see that David wasn’t actually bad looking. He wore dress pants and a button-down with expensive shoes and a big watch to match. He was clean shaven with a strong square-cut jaw and brown eyes. His black hair was short and slicked back in a coif without a hair out of place. Overall, he gave the impression that he knew how to dress and enjoyed it. I preferred a man with a bit more crust to him, but if he made William jealous, so be it.
David’s uncle was friends with my uncle. In our small community, everybody knew everybody. Luckily, he wasn’t remotely related to me, unlike the last guy, who was a distant cousin.
As Mom and David approached, William instinctively drew closer to me.
“David, this is my daughter, Nairie.” My mom motioned toward me.
David’s eyebrows lifted, and he looked me up and down, lingering for a millisecond on my breasts.
It made me uncomfortable, but I ignored it and tried to feign interest. “It’s so nice to meet you.”
“Yes, I can’t believe we haven’t met before.”
My mom bubbled with excitement. “I’ll leave you two to get acquainted.”
David’s veneered smile didn’t reach his eyes, and I absentmindedly wiped my hand after shaking his. My pinkie brushed against William’s knuckle in the process.
“This is William, an old friend. He was helping me with the bake sale.”
William stuck out his hand and gripped David’s. They entered into some weird unspoken glaring contest.
“Daniel, was it?” William bit out.
“David, actually. I detect an accent. Where are you from?”
“Scotland.”
“How quaint.”
William scowled, his eyes burning holes into David. His thick arms were crossed in front of his chest, and his forearm muscles ticked like he was holding back from hitting somebody.
His energy was positively murderous. “What do you do?”
“I’m a lawyer.”
“Well versed in lying, I take it?”
I balked at William’s blatant rudeness, but David chuckled and pointed to his large Rolex. “Very well versed.” David turned to me. “Nairie, I’m excited for our date tonight. We’ll be going to Crave, it’s the newest Michelin star restaurant on Sunset.”
I shifted uncomfortably. “Sounds good.”
“I’ll pick you up at eight.” David leaned in and grabbed my fingers to kiss the top of my hand. He side-eyed William while he did it and smirked. “It was nice meeting you, Willy.”
William continued to grip his biceps across his chest and watched David until he turned the corner out of sight. “I don’t like him, Nairie.”
