Cord sat on his desk and lifted his hands with a confused expression. “Why would she think you were leaving?”
I dragged my hands down my face. “I don’t know. I don’t think she was really listening to me once I stopped kissing her. I told her I couldn’t do this and that she didn’t deserve to be fucked up against the door. I wanted to get out of here but when I went to open the door, she freaked the fuck out.”
Cord and Amelia looked at each other. Glancing back at me, Cord said, “Dude, she thought you were blowing her off.”
I jumped up. “I fucking know that now, Cord! I got that much when she started hitting me and saying she hated me. She wouldn’t even let me get a fucking word in. She took off and ran straight into Tripp’s arms.” My voice cracked and I dropped my head. “She left with him.”
“Oh, stop it.”
Lifting my eyes to meet Amelia’s, I frowned.
“You know damn well Tripp is not going to do anything. He’s her friend and that’s all. The one guy who doesn’t push her away and pretend he doesn’t have feelings for her.”
“Don’t fucking start with me, Amelia.”
Cord put his hand on my chest. “Dude, you don’t talk to our sister like that.”
I closed my eyes and blew out a breath. Focusing on Amelia, I said, “I’m sorry, Meli. Do you have any idea how many times I wanted to just walk up to Corina and tell her I had feelings for her?”
“But you never did, Mitch. You danced and flirted for months with other women. How many times have you had sex since that night with Corina? How many women have you been with?”
I swallowed hard. My stomach felt sick.
“Once.”
Amelia pulled her brows together and jerked her head back. “Once what?”
Combing my fingers in my hair, I answered. “I’ve had sex once, and it was with Cassidy.”
“I knew it!” Amelia cried out. “I knew that skank got to you.”
“I was drunk. I don’t even remember the night.”
“Nice,” Amelia spat out as Cord jumped in.
“Alright, Amelia, you got your jab in. Let’s cool it, okay?”
“Cool it? Cord, this girl has been pining over him for months. And he thinks just one night he can walk up and kiss her senseless, and bam, she’s gonna take him back? Fuck that!”
Amelia walked over and sat down next to me on the loveseat. “Mitchell, I love you, but you don’t know shit about women. And no offense, but none of my brothers do.”
“Hey!” Cord said.
Looking up at him, Amelia rolled her eyes. “You know how to make a girl cry out your name and beg you for more. That’s about all you know, Cord. Sorry.”
I let out a chuckle.
“Don’t laugh, Mitch. You’re the same way. You guys have been able to get any girl by smiling at them and saying hi. But you know what? The one girl who really matters, the one you’re going to want to spend the rest of your life with, that girl is going to take work. She’s going to need to know she’s more than a quick fuck in the back of your truck. Mitchell, you’re doing this all wrong.”
Letting out a frustrated sigh, I turned to my sister. “Then tell me what I need to do, Amelia. I can’t stop thinking about her. Every time I see her all I want to do is pull her into my arms and kiss her.”
An evil smile grew across my baby sister’s face. “You’re going to swoon her.”
“Swoon her?” Cord and I said at once.
Amelia looked between us. “Have neither one of you read one of my books?”
Cord and I shrugged. Cord replied, “I’ve bought them.”
“Yeah, me too,” I said. “But I’m sorry, sis, I’m not really into romance, and I’m for sure not into reading sex written by my baby sister.”
“A-fucking-men,” Cord added.
Her body slumped. “Okay. I’ll give y’all that. I’ve got some good books I’m going to send you both. They’re on audio so you can listen to them. I’m going to teach you two what it means to swoon a woman and make her fall, not because you’re going to screw her brains out, but because you’re showering her with romance and respect.”
Cord laughed. “Please. Amelia, I think I know how to romance a woman if I want.”
I stood. “That goes for me too. I don’t need some damn book to tell me how to win a woman’s heart.”
Amelia slowly stood. “Is that right?”
“Yes!” Cord and I said together.
Taking her phone out, Amelia pulled up Amazon. “Let’s see, Jennifer Probst, Sydney Landon, Marie Force, oh, yes. Erika Kelly.”
She tapped a few things on her phone and then looked up at us. “If you’ll excuse me, gentlemen. I’ve got some dancing left to do.”
Turning to leave, she let out an evil laugh and disappeared out the door.