“Freaking.” Death chuckled. Wreck smirked, and even Kylo laughed, until I shot him a glare.
Zion simply grinned. “Got it. You can deal with guys on your own until they fuck with you then, and I fuckin’ mean this, Lucas, then you come to me, and I’ll deal with them.”
Closing my eyes, I dropped my head back and groaned. Straightening, I nodded. “Fine.”
“Dinner,” Mabel announced with her hands full of plates. She set mine down, then Kylo’s, but she also had a plate of pizza.
Zion grabbed a slice right when Mabel said, “I’ll be right back with the rest.”
“Ah, aren’t you all leaving now?” I asked.
Zion winked. “Bro, since you and the prospect are just friends, it means we’re stayin’ for dinner too.”
Damn it all.
“We’re dating,” I blurted, hoping to get rid of them.
They all stared at me and then laughed. So now they wanted to believe me? I glanced at Kylo, who was smiling. He shrugged.
I could start talking about anal penetration and was sure that would have them running from the place in seconds screaming. However, I wasn’t sure I could pull it off without blushing or stumbling over my words. There was even a chance I’d yell something I shouldn’t. So, since there wasn’t anything I could do to get them to leave, I started eating my hamburger.
“Hey, Lucas, where you work, do you fix phones as well as gamin’ systems?” Death asked.
“We have someone for phones since I’m mainly for the gaming consoles. But if you want, I can take a look. I know a few things.”
Zion laughed. “A few things. He knows about everythin’.”
Rolling my eyes, I said, “I’m not that good.”
“See, Wreck, knew Lucas would be able to fix your phone.”
Wait… it was for Wreck’s phone? Was it too late to take back everything I said? What happened if I looked at it and saw things I shouldn’t?
A hand with a phone came into view. I looked down at it like it was going to bite me. I glanced up and met Wreck’s eyes.
“Here,” he clipped.
I quickly took it and placed it on the table. “I’ll, um, ah, take a look as soon as I’ve, ah, finished eating.”
I caught Zion looking at me like I’d grown another head, or he was possibly just thinking about something.
“No problem,” Wreck said just as Mabel showed with another two plates.
The rest talked as they ate, all while I stared down at the phone next to my plate. You could tell a lot about a person and what they had on their phone. What would Wreck’s tell me? I wasn’t sure I wanted to find out, not after meeting his girlfriend, Hailey.
Chapter Five
Lucas
After taking a quick look at Wreck’s phone, I realized it was going to take me longer than I thought.
Glancing up at him, I asked, “So it won’t move from the Apple logo?”
He shook his head. “Been like that all day.”
“Right, well, you want to hope it’ll only need an upgrade, but if it’s a system reboot, you’re going to lose everything on there. Still, for both I’m going to need my laptop, which is at home. Can I take it tonight?”
He grunted. He was a man of small noises or words unless I annoyed him. Boy, did I hear about it then.
“Do you have things backed up and saved to your cloud?”
“Nope.”
Damn. I dropped a nervous laugh. “You won’t kill me if I can’t get everything back, right?”
His stare suddenly felt intensified. But it didn’t tell me if it was a yes or a no.
I gulped. “Right?”
The others at the table chuckled. Zion patted my shoulder. “Relax, bro. We’d figured as much. Wreck said he doesn’t keep anythin’ important on there anyway.”
It probably just held all his hookup numbers or naked photos of women. In a way, I kind of hoped it would need a system reboot. It meant all his numbers would disappear. I snorted to myself over the thought that Wreck could easily add more. I was sure he wouldn’t be at a loss for women wanting to offer them up.
“What’s so funny?” Wreck asked, his voice startling me.
“Nothing.”
He eyed me like a bug under the microscope.
I shrugged. “I was just thinking of something.”
He wouldn’t look away, and sweat started forming on my brow.
“I, um… I was thinking of, ah, that….”
“Wreck, leave the kid alone.” Death smiled, and I could have hugged him for butting in. Especially since he also drew Wreck’s attention away from me and onto a subject about business. I quickly put Wreck’s phone in my pocket and picked up my drink. That was when I caught Kylo looking at me. He raised his brows, glanced at Wreck, and then back to me with a smirk.
“What?” I mouthed.
He shook his head, but he did it smirking still. What was he thinking? Why did he look at Wreck and then me? What did he see that no one else saw? Did he think I had a thing for Wreck? I didn’t. I mean, yes, Wreck was good-looking. Okay, he was better than that, but there wasn’t a rule against me admiring his features. Did I stare at Wreck too long? It was all about his looks. Damn Wreck and double damn Kylo. This was confusing me and sending me spiraling with too many thoughts.
Kylo chuckled, obviously seeing my panic setting in.
I scratched my chin with my middle finger, which only made him laugh louder. Of course, it brought all eyes to us.
“What’s so funny?” Death asked.
“Nothing? I don’t know. Kylo’s being weird.” I blurted each out, one after the other, and now they were all staring at me. I glanced down at the table and saw the menu. A menu I wanted to pick up so I could use it as a fan because the room had heated. I cleared my throat, lifted my gaze, and announced, “I
