I shrugged it off. I wasn't really that eager to meet Jasper anyway even if he did happen to be a significant figure in this trio of ours. This last minute change only meant more time with the man who was driving me crazier by the minute. In an absolutely delicious way.
"No problem," I replied and watched as he dialled some local pizza place and ordered take-out for us.
He placed his phone on the counter, shot me a gorgeous smile and asked, "You ready for our first date?"
~~~
Cole
"Just so you know, I can sit through anything except chick flicks," I told Skye as she sat beside me in front of the TV minutes later, watching as I browsed through the selections on Netflix.
She gave me a sidelong glance. "I hate chick flicks," was her response.
That pleased me. "What kind of movies do you like?"
"Porn," was her immediate response and the remote almost slipped from my fingers.
"What?"
Skye laughed. A light, soft sound filled with humour. "I'm kidding. I don't watch porn. Just play something with a lot of action scenes in it."
"300," I murmured in a low voice as I considered the movie.
"Oh, yes. It's one of my favourites. Gerard Butler is so yummy."
My lips curled in distaste. "He's like seventy years old."
She gave me a disgusted look of her own. "He's in his fifties. And I like his movies. Just play it."
"I don't want to watch it," I replied, moving on. Truth was, it was one of my favourite movies too but I did not want to sit there while she spent two hours drooling over some guy on the TV screen.
"God, you're worse than a girl," she scoffed.
"Excuse me?"
She spread out her hands in emphasis. "You know. When she's deciding what to wear and won't just pick something perfectly nice and suitable even if it's right in front of her."
I rolled my eyes at the dig and pressed play on the movie, Troy, after a moment's consideration.
"Wow. Eric Bana was like my first ever celebrity crush," she announced and settled down in a comfortable position.
"What about Orlando?" I asked her, acknowledging the fact that nothing was going to stop her from openly admiring movie stars whom she considered hot.
She shrugged. "Too much of a pretty boy."
I frowned. Jasper used to call me a pretty boy before we started dating just to piss me off.
"Brad?"
She shrugged. "Too blond."
I nodded. Okay, so she was not into blonds. That was something.
"I love blondes," I told her after a while and eyed her long, golden tresses which were currently contained in a loose high ponytail.
She turned her head to look at me. "I can tell," she said with an amused expression and turned her attention back to the movie.
My lips twisted up in a smile and I moved slightly so that my arm brushed against hers. I heard her sharp intake of breath and glanced at her again. God, I was turned on. Fuck the movie. I wanted to bury my fingers in her hair, crush her mouth with mine and grind against her like a caveman. My gaze strayed to her chest where her nipples were visible through the thin t-shirt she wore. Skye squirmed a little at my blatant staring. It had been exactly two years since I had been with a woman and my body just ached to feel the difference again.
"Thought you said you wanted to take things slow," she pointed out in a low voice without taking her eyes off the screen.
I laughed at that. Damn. I loved this girl. She was fantastic. The pizza was delivered and we dived into it enthusiastically, watching the movie while conversing. I had ordered mine with very little cheese and oodles of vegetables which Skye teased me about, saying what was the point of me even eating pizza.
At around eleven, I glanced out the front window overlooking the driveway and frowned.
Where the hell was he? He never stayed out this late. All he had said was that he was out with some clients. What the fuck? I wanted to call him but Skye was leaning into me so snugly, I did not want to break the spell. My phone was still on top of the kitchen counter. I stiffened when Skye let out a sigh and burrowed closer to me. Her arm was resting on my chest and her warm breath teased my neck. I realised she was asleep when she didn't make any further movements and her breathing evened out.
Poor baby. She must be feeling tired. We had both had a long day at work. She had had a chance to go home and change before I drove her here with the intention of dropping her back to her place after our dinner date. I didn't think Skye would mind if I chose not to wake her. I needed to get out of my work clothes and shower, maybe call Jasper. I was starting to get a little worried now.
As slowly and carefully as possible, I maneuvered our position so that I could pick her up without waking her and carried her into the spare bedroom. Leaving her alone to sleep by herself in an unfamiliar place went against my instincts but this was our first date and I couldn't just sleep with her especially since it was the last thing Jasper would expect to see when he finally came home.
I wanted to make this transition as smooth as possible for all of us. Finding me in bed with Skye was obviously not the best way for them to meet.
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