He smirks back. “That’s all I want you here for.”
Chip looks at us funny. “Your weird honesty thing you got going on is really fucked up.”
Sawyer laughs as he stands and throws his t-shirt back on. He reaches his hand down for me to grab. “I could use some food too.”
We head over to this beautiful restaurant that has all their tables out by the water. There is a DJ playing music, and people are already dancing as the sun starts setting. “Wow!” I say. “This place is amazing.”
Chip smiles. “This is always our go to place whenever I’m in town. You wouldn’t know from what you’ve seen today, but we are a great team with the ladies.”
I cringe. “Please tell me you guys drove separately and Sawyer didn’t bring his girls back to your car.”
Chip wraps his arm over my shoulder. “What did I tell you sis? You’re the only girl he’s ever brought back to his place. He made me bring mine to a hotel. Fucker.”
Sawyer stares back at him. “I’d make you stay at a hotel too if you didn’t always just show up at my door unannounced.”
Chip grins. “That’s why I do it.”
We head over to our table, and we have food and drinks. Chip tries flirting with the waitress, but she just laughs him off. I haven’t had this much fun in I don’t know how long. Everything feels so easy, but that scares me too. Nothing is ever easy.
The night air brings a chill, so we move over to some couches by a firepit to have more drinks. Sawyer wraps his arm around me, and I cozy up next to him. I smile at them both. “So I want to see some of this wingman work in action. How’d you guys do it?”
Sawyer raises his eyebrows at me. “Pick any girl here. I can make any of them interested in Chip.”
I smirk back. “Oh that confident are we?”
He smiles. “Yes.”
I scan the patio and find a pretty, leggy brunette with a few other girls. I nod toward her. “Her. Red dress.”
Chip looks up to the sky and does a thank you motion. “God bless you Blake.” He says to me.
I laugh. “You’re that confident as well?”
He smiles. “It runs in the family.”
I laugh. “So how exactly does this work? Do I need to go hide somewhere?”
Sawyer stands. “Nah, you can wait here with Chip.”
I watch him as he makes his way over to the bar. I turn back toward Chip, and he has a serious face staring back at me. I lift my eyebrows in question. “What’s that look for?”
His usual joking tone is gone. “He likes you.”
I laugh. “Who? Sawyer?”
Chip still doesn’t smile. “Yes Sawyer. You can’t keep playing this game with him. He’s going to get hurt.”
I try to shrug it off like it’s no big deal. “Sawyer doesn’t get hurt, and he doesn’t like me. He acts that way with everyone.” I motion toward the group of laughing girls who are all jealous of the girl in the red dress. “See.”
Chip doesn’t even look that way. “It may not seem different to you, but trust me, I know my brother. You have to make the decision if you want this to end or if you want something real because if you keep playing this game of pretend, it’s going to destroy him.”
I look at him angrily. “Him? What about me?”
Chip finally smiles. “So you admit you feel something for him?”
I close my eyes for a second and shake my head. “What? No. I didn’t say that.”
His eyes soften. “Just do me a favor. Don’t let this go past today if you don’t want something more. You got to experience what it’s like to be with the legendary Sawyer, and if that’s all you wanted, then you can move on, but there’s a real man underneath it all. I think you’d really like him if you got the chance to know him.”