DVD in and went to sit down. There was no sound, so he couldn't see what was playing behind him.
"Well hello.” Evelyn's voice perked up and she blushed. “Wait, is that ... Grace?"
Joshua turned to witness in horror, his cousin Ethan and Grace making out. They weren't naked, at least not yet, but they were on the way to it quickly.
"Shit!” Joshua jumped over the coffee table catching his shin in the process. “Fuck!"
"Looks like that's where it's headed.” Evelyn fanned herself. “That's Ethan?"
"Yeah.” Joshua shook his head. “They bought that camera to film Gray, damn. Is that my bed? Oh, you wait till I get a hold of him."
"He's hot. I see why she married him.” Evelyn saw this as a perfect time to get a reaction out of him. If he cared less, she knew it was a waste of efforts. She had bared her soul, told the secret that would no doubt lead to her doom, and she wanted to touch this man. Her life had taken an odd twist in the last forty-eight hours. The rollercoaster had begun. “You say we're going to visit them?"
Joshua could barely contain himself. He wanted to snap the disc in two but knew Ethan would definitely want it back. Kinky bastard, he'd get four kids, six if he didn't watch it. “No. I said I was invited. Grace can come here if she wants to see you."
"Are you going to break that thing in half?"
Damn, he tried to be cool. This isn't the girl to get tangled up with. She is emotionally unavailable, even to herself. His face flushed.
"Joshua, are you ... jealous?” Evelyn saw a light at the end of the tunnel. She just hoped it wasn't a train on its way to run her over. She had never opened up to a man, never said please or thank you. Men were scum, except Joshua . God, what am I thinking? Now he's an exception?
"Humph. What of?” Joshua set the case on top of the DVD player and bent over to grab a chick flick. Evelyn should like that. Let's see, something with Ben Affleck or Matt Damon. Ah ha! Good Will Hunting. It had them both. She should be able to relate to Will.
"Oh my,” Evelyn couldn't help her reaction. Ethan was pretty, but he was no Joshua. And seeing him bent over in front of her, totally at ease, something had stirred inside her.
"What now? You have a crush on these guys, too?” Standing he didn't bother to face her. Hollywood hunks he could deal with, didn't like it, but he could deal with it. Ethan, no, he couldn't deal with a woman ogling Ethan. They competed over women frivolously when they were younger. Ethan was older and taller, by an inch. He was like his big brother, and he escaped to New York every summer to be with them and joined the pack when he moved there. They were hounds when they were young, three big dogs.
"No. And I don't have a crush on your cousin. I don't get crushes.” Except you. And for good measure, she added, “I hate men, just on principal."
"Well, if you hate men, why did you say he was hot?” Joshua sat on the couch and rubbed his shin. He respected Ethan, but he really respected Grace. No way did he want to have her naked image in his mind. Hot, it burned him to know she thought Ethan was hot.
Jealous. Shit. When did this happen? Jealous of Ethan? He had a beautiful wife, a baby. Maybe, of that, but nothing else.
"To get a reaction from you.” Evelyn was honest. Joshua was like a confessional. He asked; she answered. It must be the vagina talking. Evelyn barely felt like herself since she had been here. From that first instance when she saw him, something changed in her. Damn, now she felt bad about holding a gun on him earlier.
Joshua was about to respond to that, but the doorbell rang. Pizza, he was saved by the pizza man. Evelyn was noticeably put out. She folded her arms over her chest and huffed. So much like a man at times, those reactions didn't suit her at all, but they amused the hell out of him.
"Hold on, Rocky, let me pay the pizza man, and we can get back to the fight.” Joshua smiled a triumphant smile. She wanted a
"Well hello.” Evelyn's voice perked up and she blushed. “Wait, is that ... Grace?"
Joshua turned to witness in horror, his cousin Ethan and Grace making out. They weren't naked, at least not yet, but they were on the way to it quickly.
"Shit!” Joshua jumped over the coffee table catching his shin in the process. “Fuck!"
"Looks like that's where it's headed.” Evelyn fanned herself. “That's Ethan?"
"Yeah.” Joshua shook his head. “They bought that camera to film Gray, damn. Is that my bed? Oh, you wait till I get a hold of him."
"He's hot. I see why she married him.” Evelyn saw this as a perfect time to get a reaction out of him. If he cared less, she knew it was a waste of efforts. She had bared her soul, told the secret that would no doubt lead to her doom, and she wanted to touch this man. Her life had taken an odd twist in the last forty-eight hours. The rollercoaster had begun. “You say we're going to visit them?"
Joshua could barely contain himself. He wanted to snap the disc in two but knew Ethan would definitely want it back. Kinky bastard, he'd get four kids, six if he didn't watch it. “No. I said I was invited. Grace can come here if she wants to see you."
"Are you going to break that thing in half?"
Damn, he tried to be cool. This isn't the girl to get tangled up with. She is emotionally unavailable, even to herself. His face flushed.
"Joshua, are you ... jealous?” Evelyn saw a light at the end of the tunnel. She just hoped it wasn't a train on its way to run her over. She had never opened up to a man, never said please or thank you. Men were scum, except Joshua . God, what am I thinking? Now he's an exception?
"Humph. What of?” Joshua set the case on top of the DVD player and bent over to grab a chick flick. Evelyn should like that. Let's see, something with Ben Affleck or Matt Damon. Ah ha! Good Will Hunting. It had them both. She should be able to relate to Will.
"Oh my,” Evelyn couldn't help her reaction. Ethan was pretty, but he was no Joshua. And seeing him bent over in front of her, totally at ease, something had stirred inside her.
"What now? You have a crush on these guys, too?” Standing he didn't bother to face her. Hollywood hunks he could deal with, didn't like it, but he could deal with it. Ethan, no, he couldn't deal with a woman ogling Ethan. They competed over women frivolously when they were younger. Ethan was older and taller, by an inch. He was like his big brother, and he escaped to New York every summer to be with them and joined the pack when he moved there. They were hounds when they were young, three big dogs.
"No. And I don't have a crush on your cousin. I don't get crushes.” Except you. And for good measure, she added, “I hate men, just on principal."
"Well, if you hate men, why did you say he was hot?” Joshua sat on the couch and rubbed his shin. He respected Ethan, but he really respected Grace. No way did he want to have her naked image in his mind. Hot, it burned him to know she thought Ethan was hot.
Jealous. Shit. When did this happen? Jealous of Ethan? He had a beautiful wife, a baby. Maybe, of that, but nothing else.
"To get a reaction from you.” Evelyn was honest. Joshua was like a confessional. He asked; she answered. It must be the vagina talking. Evelyn barely felt like herself since she had been here. From that first instance when she saw him, something changed in her. Damn, now she felt bad about holding a gun on him earlier.
Joshua was about to respond to that, but the doorbell rang. Pizza, he was saved by the pizza man. Evelyn was noticeably put out. She folded her arms over her chest and huffed. So much like a man at times, those reactions didn't suit her at all, but they amused the hell out of him.
"Hold on, Rocky, let me pay the pizza man, and we can get back to the fight.” Joshua smiled a triumphant smile. She wanted a
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