Perry coughed to hide his grin. “Could be anyone.”
“Uh huh. You both are terrible liars.” I already knew they were seeing Erin. Whatever they had going on definitely made me curious about how it worked. From the little Emmie told me, things were serious between the three.
“We don’t kiss and tell,” Perry said.
“We all know that’s a lie,” I pointed out. “If we have to talk about my love life, then it’s only fair you share yours.”
Perry glanced at Jake before dragging a hand over the back of his neck. “Things with Erin are…” he trailed off, searching. “Not what I expected.”
Jake let out a quiet laugh, but there wasn’t much humor to it. “Yeah. Didn’t exactly plan on it turning into something real.”
A beat passed as Perry exhaled, shaking his head. “But it did.”
“And now we’re just…trying to figure out what the hell that means.” Jake’s eyes dropped to his drink.
It was weird seeing my two best friends hung up on a girl,let alone thesameone. Neither seemed interested in a long-term relationship. Then again, a few months ago, I was the same way, and now here I was.
“Then don’t overcomplicate it,” I said simply. “If it works, it works. You’ll figure the rest out.”
It wasn’t my place, or anyone else’s, to tell either of them how to live their lives. If they both wanted to be with Erin then who cared. As long as they were happy, it didn’t bother me.
“Look at you giving relationship advice.” Jake smirked.
I took a pull of my beer and shrugged. “Figured I’d return the favor. Although, I think mine was better than yours.”
Perry snorted. “Yeah, right. You’d be lost without the two of us.”
I laughed, shaking my head. “Keep telling yourselves that.”
But even as I said it, my mind drifted back to Emmie.
Maybe they weren’t entirely wrong.
32
MATEO
“If you keep looking at me like that, we’re going to be extremely late,” Emmie said, glancing at me over her shoulder.
“You’re topless in my bedroom,” I pointed out. “You’re lucky I’m being good and sitting here staring when I could be doing something else.”
It was taking an outrageous amount of control to not grab her and throw her on the bed. If she didn’t put a top on soon, I would do just that.
“Not my fault a pair of tits turn you on so much.”
“Not just any pair of tits—yours.” They were perfect little mounds with just the right amount to fit in my mouth, dusty rose nipples and all. It’s honestly a miracle I was still sitting here and not having my mouth attached to them.
Emmie just shook her head and grabbed her sports bra, slipping it on over her head. I scrunched my nose at the gorgeous sight before me being covered up. I should implement a no clothes allowed in the apartment rule.
It would be an easy one, seeing that she stayed here more often than not these days. My bathroom held her toothbrush,a brush, tons of bottles for face care, all different kinds of shampoo, and conditioner. Even my closet had some of her clothes.
As much as I wanted to do whatever I wanted to her, I knew she was right. The last thing we wanted was to be late today, so I held back my inappropriate remarks.
“I can feel you pouting,” Emmie remarked.
“I’m not pouting…I’m sulking.”
“Well, if you behave, maybe I have a surprise for you later.”
