“You’re an amazing kisser, you know that?” he murmured.
Mano lowered his gaze.
After one last kiss and a quiet goodbye, Ody stepped into the elevator.
The doors slid shut between them.
Chapter 54
Mano stood in the hallway a moment longer before walking back inside. He dropped onto the couch and pulled out his phone, checking the status of the order again.
Just shipped.
He locked the phone and tossed it beside him.
By the time Ody got back to his car, fragments of the night were already replaying in his head. But one moment refused to leave him.
Mano’s reaction. And the words he had said when he told him he wanted to break up with Anna.
Several hours later, in the afternoon, the doorbell rang. Ody frowned. He hurried to the door and pulled it open.
Kash leaned casually against the doorframe, his eyes slowly scanning him.
Ody’s smile faltered.
“Expecting someone else?” Kash asked, his gaze lingering on Ody’s face. “You look disappointed.”
Ody looked down with a quiet sigh, his hand still resting on the door.
“How was Serifos?” Kash asked.
Ody raised his head but didn’t answer.
“Aren’t you going to invite me in?”
Ody didn’t move. He just stared at him.
Kash glanced down the hallway. “I don’t mind talking right here,” he said. “If you’re okay with your neighbors listening.”
Ody exhaled and stepped aside to let him in.
Kash walked past him. “How was it?” he asked again once the door closed behind them.
“Good,” Ody replied. “What are you doing here?”
“You told me not to text you again. I respected that. I didn’t bother you,” he said, taking a slow step closer. “But what I wrote in that message… I meant it.”
Ody stepped back, raising his hands between them. “Look, Kash… I told you even before Serifos. Don’t expect anything from me.”
Kash searched his face. “Didn’t we have a good time together?”
“I-it was nice,” Ody admitted awkwardly, glancing down. “But I was still figuring things out.”
“So that’s it?” Kash said, his voice tightening. “I helped you figure yourself out… and now you’re done with me?”
“Were you expecting something from me?” Ody asked. “Because I never promised you anything.”
Kash stared at him. “So you don’t want me.”
