sometime. Seems only fair after you’ve heard me sing.”
She got to her feet, and she was even taller than he’d thought—and that was just more good news. “I can’t imagine you’d be interested in that kind of stuff.”
“Oh, I’m interested.” His eyes drifted down to her mouth … and then went farther, to the pale column of her throat. “I’m sure you do beautiful lines.”
God knew she was made of them—at least according to his peripheral vision, which was working just fine, thank you very much. And he knew better than to go any farther with the gawking than that. Whereas some women might be flattered by him going all obvi with the check-out stuff, she was not one of them.
And yup, that was a really nice change of pace.
Although … that being said, he wasn’t exactly sure he was looking for a long-term relationship with anything other than his singing. Then again, he’d been “dating” the same kind of groupie for how many years? Maybe it was time for quality instead of quantity.
As Cait smiled at him, he felt a shot of lust go right through him. Yes, he really did want her…
“You’re a charmer, you know that?” she drawled.
“That’s been mentioned before—maybe once or twice. Is it such a bad thing, in your opinion?”
“Of course not.”
Liar, he thought.
Leaning forward, he wanted to take her hand, but didn’t. “Just so you know, it is possible to be both charming and honest.”
“Of course it is.”
She was still lying. And didn’t that make him want to prove her wrong. “I
will
call you, by the way.”
“Of course you will.”
G.B. smiled again as she put the strap of her purse up on her shoulder. “You’ve made my night, you know,” he told her.
Cait actually rolled her eyes—and though her friend looked mortified, he
loved
it. This was not your average woman, easily seduced by a song and a stare.
“I’m serious about that,” he said. “You really did.”
“Well.” There was a pause. “You’ve cheered me up also, how about that.”
“Answer my call and I’ll see if I can keep the trend going.”
“It’s a deal.”
And a date, he thought.
With a couple of words to her friend and a casual wave over her shoulder, she was gone, weaving in and out of the little tables, passing by the bar, disappearing through the front door.
G.B. carefully folded up the napkin and put it in the front pocket of his shirt. Then he smiled at her friend. “She’s pretty special.”
The dark-haired woman nodded. “Yeah, she is. And this is really good timing for her.”
He stared at the exit she’d used. After a moment, he murmured, “Me, too.”
Chapter
Seven
“—godforsaken, miserable piece of shit!”
As Jim faced off at the stove from hell, he thought about giving the cast-iron nightmare a swift kick in the oven door—but with the way things were going, he’d either break that little glass window or his foot.
Which would be the perfect fucking nightcap to an absolutely magical fucking evening.
All he wanted was a couple of eggs—scrambled, over easy, fried, he didn’t give a good goddamn. He couldn’t remember the last time or thing he’d eaten, and when Ad had made a food run to Hannaford earlier in the day, the guy had had the brains to pick up some Eggland’s Best.
It wasn’t like he was after truffles or twelve kinds of fancy, culinary crap.
Eggs. Just eggs.
Except like everything else, he couldn’t make it frickin’ happen: The only thing the burners on the cooktop seemed to do was burp gas; the pan he found looked like it had been forged by hand in the Middle Ages; and he wasn’t sure, but he thought that the refrigerator was doing the death rattle of something about to meet its maker.
Which in this case was … General Electric, going by the logo on its off-kilter door.
Giving up, he sat down at the table and lit a cigarette, figuring the nicotine might perk his immortal ass up. At the very least, holding the Marlboro would
She got to her feet, and she was even taller than he’d thought—and that was just more good news. “I can’t imagine you’d be interested in that kind of stuff.”
“Oh, I’m interested.” His eyes drifted down to her mouth … and then went farther, to the pale column of her throat. “I’m sure you do beautiful lines.”
God knew she was made of them—at least according to his peripheral vision, which was working just fine, thank you very much. And he knew better than to go any farther with the gawking than that. Whereas some women might be flattered by him going all obvi with the check-out stuff, she was not one of them.
And yup, that was a really nice change of pace.
Although … that being said, he wasn’t exactly sure he was looking for a long-term relationship with anything other than his singing. Then again, he’d been “dating” the same kind of groupie for how many years? Maybe it was time for quality instead of quantity.
As Cait smiled at him, he felt a shot of lust go right through him. Yes, he really did want her…
“You’re a charmer, you know that?” she drawled.
“That’s been mentioned before—maybe once or twice. Is it such a bad thing, in your opinion?”
“Of course not.”
Liar, he thought.
Leaning forward, he wanted to take her hand, but didn’t. “Just so you know, it is possible to be both charming and honest.”
“Of course it is.”
She was still lying. And didn’t that make him want to prove her wrong. “I
will
call you, by the way.”
“Of course you will.”
G.B. smiled again as she put the strap of her purse up on her shoulder. “You’ve made my night, you know,” he told her.
Cait actually rolled her eyes—and though her friend looked mortified, he
loved
it. This was not your average woman, easily seduced by a song and a stare.
“I’m serious about that,” he said. “You really did.”
“Well.” There was a pause. “You’ve cheered me up also, how about that.”
“Answer my call and I’ll see if I can keep the trend going.”
“It’s a deal.”
And a date, he thought.
With a couple of words to her friend and a casual wave over her shoulder, she was gone, weaving in and out of the little tables, passing by the bar, disappearing through the front door.
G.B. carefully folded up the napkin and put it in the front pocket of his shirt. Then he smiled at her friend. “She’s pretty special.”
The dark-haired woman nodded. “Yeah, she is. And this is really good timing for her.”
He stared at the exit she’d used. After a moment, he murmured, “Me, too.”
Chapter
Seven
“—godforsaken, miserable piece of shit!”
As Jim faced off at the stove from hell, he thought about giving the cast-iron nightmare a swift kick in the oven door—but with the way things were going, he’d either break that little glass window or his foot.
Which would be the perfect fucking nightcap to an absolutely magical fucking evening.
All he wanted was a couple of eggs—scrambled, over easy, fried, he didn’t give a good goddamn. He couldn’t remember the last time or thing he’d eaten, and when Ad had made a food run to Hannaford earlier in the day, the guy had had the brains to pick up some Eggland’s Best.
It wasn’t like he was after truffles or twelve kinds of fancy, culinary crap.
Eggs. Just eggs.
Except like everything else, he couldn’t make it frickin’ happen: The only thing the burners on the cooktop seemed to do was burp gas; the pan he found looked like it had been forged by hand in the Middle Ages; and he wasn’t sure, but he thought that the refrigerator was doing the death rattle of something about to meet its maker.
Which in this case was … General Electric, going by the logo on its off-kilter door.
Giving up, he sat down at the table and lit a cigarette, figuring the nicotine might perk his immortal ass up. At the very least, holding the Marlboro would
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