“So you lived here in the States until moving to Greece ten years ago?” I asked.
Agatha nodded. “Yes. When my father-in-law needed help with the family’s restaurant, my husband was quick to move us all back to Greece.”
Nicholaus looked bored out of his mind and kept looking at his watch. “Got somewhere to be, Nicholaus?” I asked with a smirk.
Before he could answer, my mother replied, “Nonsense. He is looking forward to tonight with you, Athanasios.”
Nicholaus and I both sat up straighter and said together, “Tonight?”
My mother smiled as she glanced over to my father. He looked like he would rather be sitting in front of the TV watching football. “Did you not talk to the boys?”
He rolled his eyes. “For the love of all things good, can you let them be?”
I stole a look over to Thad. He shrugged but smiled. He had finally brought Phoebe home to meet my parents the other day. I knew he only did it to get our mother off his back. Strut a pretty Greek girl in front of our mother and she was satisfied, for the time being.
“Nonsense. I want my boys to find happiness.”
“Oh, shit,” Nicholaus mumbled.
I couldn’t help but notice how Karen was staring at me. I wonder if she got the memo this wasn’t the late eighteen hundreds and marriages were no longer fixed. Leaning over to Nicholaus, I whispered, “If you can cause a distraction, I’ll grab my truck and we can hightail it the hell out of here.”
He chuckled and whispered, “Okay, but is it bad that I am actually attracted to Hadley? It’s been a while since I’ve gotten fucked.”
Turning to him, I shook my head. “Are you kidding me?”
“No. I’m not. She’s pretty, Mom is throwing her at my feet, and I’m tired of jacking off in the shower.”
“You’ll lead her on, asshole. What happens when Mom starts talking marriage?”
Nicholaus laughed. “Jesus, Thano. I’m talking about fucking the girl for one night. What in the hell are you doing talking marriage?”
“You can’t take Mom’s best friend’s daughter out and then fuck her and expect she is going to be okay with that.”
“Who? Mom?”
Rolling my eyes, I hit him on the leg. “No! Hadley. She’s the one who isn’t going to be okay with it.”
Nicholaus reached for his glass of wine and took a drink, but not before he winked at Hadley and she blushed. “Oh, trust me. She’s going to be fine with it. So will her little sister, Karen. You can practically smell the horniness coming off of both of them.”
I fell back into my seat as I pushed my hand through my hair. When I looked across the table at Karen, her eyes were lit up while she ran her tongue slowly over her lips.
I quickly looked away. Oh, shit. I’m so screwed.
The music felt like it was pounding inside my head. Nicholaus and Hadley had hit it off almost immediately. Of course, they also made out in the backseat of the truck the entire ride over to the club. At one point, I swore they were fucking with the way she was sitting on his lap.
“Will you dance with me, Thano?” Karen asked with a pout.
My muscles tensed. “Maybe in a bit.”
She looked disappointed. “I really don’t want my sister to have all the fun tonight.”
I could easily take this girl back to my apartment and fuck the shit out of her.
The problem was, I had zero interest in her. The only way to cut to the chase was to ask her what she wanted from me.
“What exactly are you wanting from me, Karen?”
She tilted her head and pressed her lips together. Walking up to me closer, she ran her finger across my chest. “Sex. Lots and lots of sex while I’m here before my mother drags me back to Greece.”
I laughed and shook my head. “Then you’re with the wrong Drivas brother. You should have gone out with Thad.”
Her smile dropped and was replaced with a look of anger. “I knew it. My mother said you probably weren’t over your fiancée dying, and she was right. What a waste of time. The only reason I went along with this is because all my mother does is tell me I need to find a good Greek boy to marry. Ugh. I just want to get laid. Maybe Hadley will share Nicholaus.”
My eyes widened in surprise.
Well, okay, then.
Laughing, I used my hand and made a sweep across the crowd. “Well, if you want to get laid, there ya go. Have at it.”
Turning, I walked up to Nicholaus and shoved my keys into his hand. “If you’re into threesomes, Karen is open for it.”
My brother’s face lit up. “Fuck yeah. Where in the hell are you going?”
“I’ll take a cab home. I’m over this shit.”