Pretend You're Mine (Inked Hearts 3)

Leighton: Isn’t that what you’re going for?

No. I just don’t know how to be anything else.

Chapter 5

Leighton

My cell is flush with texts from Dean.

Dean: You’re not doing this.

Dean: It’s too stupid. Even for me.

Dean: He’s still in love with her.

Dean: He’s gonna break your heart without even realizing it.

Leighton: I want to help him.

Dean: You want to kiss him.

Leighton: It can be both.

Dean: No. It can’t. ‘Cause he doesn’t want to kiss you.

Leighton: Ryan’s your brother. You should look out for him.

Dean: I am. After he breaks your heart, you’ll leave, and he won’t have anyone.

Leighton: And you’ll miss me?

Dean: Don’t do this, Leigh.

Leighton: I’m not. He’s still saying no.

Dean: But you’ll convince him to say yes.

Leighton: How do you figure?

Dean: You convinced me to hire you.

Leighton: It wasn’t hard.

Dean: ‘Cause I was desperate to replace Ally. He’s desperate to prove this shit. Same deal.

Dean was a regular at Rock Bottom forever. We weren’t friends, exactly, but we were friendly. I knew he needed help. When he found out I needed a new job, he hired me right away.

At the time, I thought it was because he wanted to get in my pants.

But now…

Well, I’m still not exactly sure of his intentions.

Leighton: You can admit you’ll miss me.

Dean: Course I’ll miss you. You have great tits.

Leighton: You’ll miss me. Not my tits.