Pretend You're Mine (Inked Hearts 3)
“It ever occur to you that I love you and want you to be happy?”
“No.”
“I do.”
“You’re being earnest.”
“I’m not gonna admit this again, but I want you both to be happy.”
“You knew she was into me?”
“Everybody but you knew she was into you.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Not mine to tell.” He turns, moves into his suite, starts setting up. “I don’t know what you did. Or what she did. But get over it. Or apologize. She’s the best thing that ever happened to you.”
“I know.”
“Don’t fuck it up.”
“Trying not to.”
“You need to do better than that”
“Tell me something I don’t know.”
“I didn’t fuck Kristen.”
I can’t help but chuckle. I would have bet a lot of money Dean took Kristen home. “That’s shocking.”
“Yeah. She was begging for it too.”
“That an excuse to brag?”
He laughs. “No. She was. I wanted to. But all I could think was this girl stood by Pe
nny as she fucked over my brother. Couldn’t do it.”
“Fuck. You have feelings.”
“Don’t tell anyone.”
“I won’t.”
“You ditching her wedding yet?”
“No.”
“Whatever’s wrong with you and Leigh, I bet you a hundred bucks the wedding is gonna make it worse.”
“Maybe.”
He holds out his palm. Pay up.
“You still owe me two hundred bucks.”
He laughs. “Double or nothing.”