Page 73 of Keep On Loving You
After Kat and Andy left the stage, the band had immediately fired up the crowd with a series of upbeat tunes and the dance floor in front of the stage was packed.
Next to her, Annie jabbed an elbow into her side, and it was the only reminder she needed that it was probably a good idea for her to look even a little bit interested in anyone besides Andy.
“Sounds good.” She took Kane’s proffered hand and without a glance back, let him lead her onto the busy dance floor and into his arms.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Andy downedthe rest of his beer and crunched the can in his hand. His teeth clenched, his body tense as he watched Kane leading his woman onto the dance floor.
She didn’t even look back. Not once.
Jealousy flared through him, and there wasn’t a damn thing he could do about it.
If he went and cut in, everyone would talk about it. Especially when he pulled Kat into his arms and kissed her in front of her entire family. Because that’s exactly what he’d do. More than anything, he wanted to claim her as his for everyone to know. Even her family.
Fuck the consequences.
“Whoa, tiger.” Symon, who’d appeared next to him, holding his baby girl in his arms, spoke just loud enough for only Andy to hear. “You might want to give that can a break before anyone else puts two and two together.”
Andy looked down at the crushed can in his hands andquickly tossed it in a nearby bin. He shook his head and looked up at his friend. “There’s nothing to put together.”
Symon put his hands loosely over Poppy’s ears. “The fuck there isn’t.” He dropped his hands and kissed the baby on the top of her head. “Right now, I think I’m the only one who sees it.” He shrugged. “That and the conversation we had the other day…it didn’t take much to figure it out.”
“I told you, there’s nothing to figure out.” Andy tried to look away, but he couldn’t take his eyes off Kane, who had his hands on Kat.
“Right. You keep telling yourself that.” Symon chuckled. “But don’t worry, it’s not for me to tell. I’m not going to say anything.”
“Say anything about what?” Asher joined them. He offered Andy another beer, but Andy shook his head. “Oh.” Asher pointed over the crowd. “About that?”
Andy didn’t have to look to see that he was pointing at Kat and Kane.
“That’s not a match I saw coming,” Chase said, joining in the conversation.
“I don’t like it.” Craig shook his head. “Nothing against Kane, but?—”
“He’s not good enough for her.” Andy swallowed back a possessive growl.
“Exactly.” Craig pointed at him. “He’s a good guy, but he’s not right for Kat.”
“I don’t know,” Asher said. “He owns a business.”
“With his sister.”
Asher shrugged. “We have a family business.”
“It’s different,” Craig insisted. “Besides, I thought we decided to keep men away from her.”
“We did.” Damn it. Andy really needed to just shut up and stay out of it. But he couldn’t help himself. “Besides, I agree with Craig. He’s not good enough.”
“So, who is good enough for Kat, Andy?”
If Symon hadn’t been holding his baby, Andy would have punched him square in the jaw. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth when Symon stirred the pot even harder.
“You?”
He didn’t have a chance to reply, because it was Craig who spoke up first. “Yeah, right. You know I love you, man. But there’s no way I’d let you anywhere near Kat. It’s a good damn thing you’re like a brother to her.”
Right. A brother.
