“Who are you and what have you done with my Alice?”
Alice sucked in a breath like I surprised her.“What do you mean?”
“My Alice is a kickass, take no prisoners woman who knows what she wants.So what do you want?”
“Come on, like that’s even a real question.”
“What do you mean?”I repeated her question with a grin.Then when she turned her glare on me, it might’ve morphed into a smirk.I loved riling her up.So much fun.
“No guy wants to watch a chick flick.That’s just something you do to get laid.”
“So you’re saying that’s on the table…?”
Judging by the fry she flung at me, I guessed not.
“Be serious.”She rolled her eyes and pouted in that cute way of hers.I hadn’t always found it cute.Back when we were at each other’s throats, it drove me nuts.
Now it drove me nuts in a whole new way.
I shrugged, trying to look unaffected.“Hey, I watched rom-coms.No shame here.”
“You watched rom-coms when you weren’t trying to get laid?”She raised her eyebrows as she took a huge bite of her burger.Her bulging cheeks made her look like a cute squirrel.
Fuck, there was something wrong with me.
“One, I’m a rock star.I’m offended you think I have to watch a rom-com to get laid.Back in the day, all I had to do was curl my finger and the girls came running.”
“Excuse me.”Alice’s shoulders heaved dramatically as she held a hand over her lips.“I think I’m going to be sick.”
It was my turn to roll my eyes.“And second, I watched rom-coms all the time when I got baked.”
It was true.I was kinda known for getting blissed out and grinning my way through rom-coms when we were on the road.
“Oh.”Her hand fell from her face, and she sent me a concerned look.“We can watch something else.It doesn’t have to be a rom-com.I like comedies.And I’ll watch some action movies.Just not those shoot ‘em ups where there’s so much blood and gore.Not into that.”
“No, it’s fine.I don’t have to be baked to enjoy a movie.Probably.”If she made me watch a boring romance likePride & Prejudice,I might just zone out and spend my time thinking about doing other fun stuff with Alice instead.Mostly naked stuff.With some drums in there too.
“How about we split the difference and watchThe Lost City?”
“I love that movie!”My burger landed on my plate with a plop as I picked up the remote and pulled up the movie which I’d bought the second it was possible.“I’ve watched it like twenty times.It’s one of my favorites.”
Alice smirked and took another huge bite of her burger.
And that was how I found myself sitting on my couch with my new dog at my feet, eating a burger and watching a rom-com with a girl who, until recently, I thought hated everything about me.
And it was nice.
Comfortable even.
Aside from my hard-on.
Chapter 19
Alice
Sometime after Sandra pulled leeches off of Tatum’s butt, I found myself cuddled into Noah’s side.He put his arm around me, and I rested my head on his ribs.I was so relaxed.Comfy.
Until I noticed the bulge in his pants.
