Page 61 of Give Me Love
She looks at her friends. “I want to dance anyway,” Claire says, grabbing Austin’s hand. “See you in a bit, Kat.”
Kathrine swallows as she watches them leave, and then she turns and lifts her finger to the bartender. He doesn’t notice her, but I lift higher getting his attention. I point to her, and that’s who he walks up to.
“Vodka with lime, please,” she says. My bartender looks at me. “I’ll have a bourbon.” He nods, and I mentally remind myself to tell all of these employees to treat her as if she were me. The person next to us slips off their seat, and I take over.
I study her profile as she pretends to ignore me. Her hand rests on the bar, and her legs are crossed. Colorful string bracelets cover her wrist, and my eyes look down at her tight jeans and blue T-shirt. She’s not dressed for a night of clubbing but for a night of drinking.
Am I the reason, sweetheart?I run my finger over her hand.
“Kat, are you gonna keep ignoring me?”
She turns my way. “Isn’t that what you’ve been doing to me?”
“You’ve called?” I ask.
She darts her eyes to the side. “Well, no.”
“You’ve come by my place then?”
She sighs. “No, Bryce, I haven’t.”
“Then I don’t think you can say I’ve been ignoring you, pretty girl.” I’ve just been avoiding you. But now you’re here and I can’t remember why or how I stayed away.
She blushes, and it does things to me that I’ve never felt before. I quickly put my mask on so she can’t see. She doesn’t say anything, and as Bobby places our drinks down, she lifts hers and takes a sip. After a moment, she says, “What’s upstairs?”
“A private area.”
She nods and looks pissed again.
Damn, what did I say?
“What?”
“Nothing.” She takes another sip.
“Kathrine, I’m not a mind reader. If I do something to piss you off, you’ve got to tell me.”
Her eyes dance between mine before she peers down at her drink, looking sheepish. Why is she shy now? She’s never had an issue telling me what she thinks before.
“Tell me,” I say.
She sighs. “I saw several women go up there earlier and then you came down.”
Oh shit.
“Is that your little orgy room?”
I want to laugh.No, girl.
“No, my brother likes to have a good time. He’s a woman’s man. Those girls were for him.”
Of course, I leave out the part that they all wanted me, too. Her face morphs into shock. “Do you like to watch or something?”
This time I do laugh. “Hell no, woman. I have a loft above this place. The stairs to it are up there. He’s probably screwing on every surface, if he can stand up right. I’ll have to get the place sanitized.”
She scrunches her face. “That’s too much info.”
“Well, you asked.”
