“Oh my God.” She rolled her eyes. “Give me a break. I might have fallen for all of your pretty words when I was a kid, but I’m not a teenager anymore, and I don’t believe a thing you say.”
“Then I’ll show you,” Matthew slammed a hand on top of the bar before he pointed a single finger at the poor girl.
“Please don’t,” Bella responded, sounding serious.
“Fiance?” Patrick said the word as he looked at me and reached out his hand. “Let’s remove ourselves from whatever this is.”
“I don’t know, fiancé,” I repeated the word back at him before deciding that it sounded dumb. “This is kind of fun to watch.”
“I’m sure you’ll be seeing plenty of it once the restaurant opens,” Patrick said and I snarled.
“Oh no. Matthew, you will not be coming into the restaurant and harassing my manager,” I pointed at my future brother-in-law, but he only shrugged like he had no choice in the matter.
“I second that,” Bella interjected and Matthew’s gaze swung right back to hers.
“I’m feeling a little ganged up on,” Matthew said, his voice almost sad.
“I’m sure one of the single women here will help you feel better, big guy,” Bella said as she reached across the built in bar and shoved at Matthew’s shoulders. “Now go. Find one of them and leave me alone.”
“Not sure I can do that, Bells.”
I shook my head, trying to shake off the back and forth banter the two of them kept serving to one another. “Take me home, lover,” I said toward Patrick before pressing a kiss to his waiting lips.
“With mother fucking pleasure, Babe.” He held me tight in his arms as he dipped me before bringing me back up with another kiss.
“Hearts are breaking all over Sugar Mountain tonight,” Bella said with a whistle and I knew exactly what she meant.
Two O’Grady brothers were officially off the market. Only one remained. And I wondered if Matthew was truly serious about Bella or if it was some kind of game to him. I guessed we were all about to find out.
THE END
