“Keep this up, young man, and you’ll be coming home in our suitcase whether you like it or not,” Chuck warned, laughing.
Kai took the glass, then deftly handed me his own so that he was free to grab Marcie’s as well.
“Tate, you want to give me a hand with these?”he asked, giving me a knowing look.
Yeah, I decided, this was definitely an intentional rescue mission.
“Well he seems like a character,” he said, tone loaded, as soon as we were away from eavesdropping.
I snorted.“You could say that.I suppose every industry has its blowhards, you just met one of ours.”
“Still,” Kai said, setting the empty glasses down on the bar and looking around to try to catch a bartender’s eye, “he took the whole ‘date’ thing much better than I expected him to.”
I had to give Chuck some credit for that.His reaction could’ve been a whole lot worse.
“Yeah, true.Though I’m going to have to keep an extra-close eye on you, to make sure he doesn’t kidnap you.Chuck clearly sees you as prime son-in-law material.”
Kai laughed.“I feel a bit sorry for his son, frankly.”
I raised an eyebrow.“I dunno, sounds like he’s having no shortage of fun with those go-go boys.”
“You have a point,” Kai said, winking.“But you can keep that eye on me all the same, I like it when you watch me.”
Flashback to the hotel room, and watching his fingers push between his cheeks as he jerked frantically on the bed.Making me blush just in time for the bartender to arrive, of course.Honestly, it was like he planned these things intentionally.
Chapter Sixteen
We’d returned withdrinks, made our excuses, and - after another round of hand-crushing - entertained ourselves people-watching until it seemed like an acceptable time to leave.Walking back to the room from the elevator, something dawned on me.
“You know this is the first time we’ll have actually slept together,” I pointed out when the bedroom door closed behind us.
Kai turned to smile at me.“Do you snore?”he teased.
I shook my head.“I don’t think so.Do you have violent night terrors?”
He made a thoughtful face.“Not in a while.You’ll know it’s happening if I start kicking you relentlessly while screaming.”
