Shit, but I wanted to touchhim.
“Do you, uh, want me to come with you?” I offered. It was the most awkward come-on in the history of women trying to get some. At least, that’s how it felt to me. I didn’t exactly have a lot of experience with trying to seduce ZaneTraynor.
Usually he handled theseducing.
He just stared at me for a long moment, his jaw going kinda slack, like I’d stunned him orsomething.
“Maggie, uh… I don’t think—” He was cut off right there by Jesse, who chose that exact moment to toss his arm around Zane and start telling him how proud he was of him for staying the sober course and allthat.
Obviously he was drunk, because Jesse only got verbal about his love for Zane after afew.
I’d never hated Jesse Mayesmore.
Actually, I’d never hated Jesse at all. But rightnow?
I gave him an incredibly dirty look, which he didn’t evennotice.
As I turned to walk away, Zane caught my hand. “See you tomorrow,” he said, his eyes on mine. Jesse’s arm was still slung around his shoulders as Zane leaned in to give me a kiss on thecheek.
Jesse went right on talking to Zane as I walkedaway.
“Your husband’s a pussyblock,” I grumbled at Katie as I made my way past her out of therestaurant.
“Oh, shit,” she said, her eyes goingwide.
What else could shesay?
She knew about Zane and I being married; by now, everyone in the Dirty family did. But we hadn’t talked about it. She’d tried; I’d shut it down. Told her I wasn’t ready to talkyet.
I wasn’t sure if she was more stunned by the fact that I was trying to get in Zane’s pants or by the fact that her husband had pussyblockedme.
“Have fun tonight,” I told her. Then I left her to get drunk and laid with her hothusband.
I disappeared back to the hotel alone, before anyone could guilt-trip me for not coming out withthem.
About ten minutes later, Zane textedme.
Zane:sorry,Maggie
Zane:you surprisedme
Zane:but we shouldn’t be havingsex
I didn’t even know what to say to that, so I didn’treply.
I’d told myself to let him call the shots. I just had to bepatient.
Eventually, when he was ready, he’d want to be with me again…right?
Chapter Fifteen
Maggie
We pulledoff the road for breakfast about an hour from Chicago and I got off my bus. I didn’t see Zane outside. I had some paperwork in my hand, some scheduling notes from Talia for him, as an excuse to talk tohim.
Lame, obviously. But I was going withit.
After the wholewe shouldn’t be having sexthing the other night, I was thrown for a bit of aloop.
