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really want to know.
    She shook her head. “He keeps avoiding it. I tell him I’m fine but he ignores me.”
    “He seems more scarred than you are.”
    “Completely.”
    “Maybe you just suck in bed and he’s tired of you.”
    She glared at me then hit my shoulder. “Of course not.”
    “I don’t know…he probably took advantage of the first excuse he could find to get away from you.”
    She continued to glare at me. “Janice told me she’s had better.”
    I eyed her face, looking for a lie. I didn’t see one, but I didn’t need to. “She did not.”
    “Yep.” She flipped through her magazine without looking at me.
    “That’s not possible,” I said firmly.
    “You sound doubtful.” She had a smirk on her lips.
    “I’m not. I know how to please my women.”
    She shrugged.
    “Nice try, brat.”
    “If you want to play dirty, we’ll play dirty.”
    Sean returned from the bathroom so our conversation ended. He rested his hand on her thigh, his wedding ring shining bright. I couldn’t imagine wearing one. I wondered if Janice would be upset if I refused to. It would get in the way of my work, and I couldn’t afford that.
    Janice leaned back in her chair then closed her eyes. “I’m excited to go home.”
    “Now you can see your family every day.”
    “And they can see you.” She squeezed my hand then rested her head on my shoulder. She was extremely clingy with me but I liked it. As long as I was the only man in her life, she could do whatever she wanted.
    “I’d like to get to know your family better.” Since I was going to propose, I had to pay a visit to her father. I hoped I’d get his permission. If he said no, I was going to ask anyway. Nothing would stop me from being with Janice for the rest of my life.
    The flight stewardess approached our row then looked at me. She ignored Janice like she didn’t exist. I could tell she was into me. I also knew she didn’t care that I had a girlfriend. A quick fuck from a hot guy was all she wanted. Years of experience taught me how to read people well.
    “Can I get you another drink, sir?” she asked, giving me the eye.
    Janice wasn’t very confrontational with other people. If a girl showed interest in me, she usually didn’t care. But that wasn’t the case today. “My boyfriend doesn’t need anything.” She grabbed her empty glass and shoved it into the stewardess’s stomach. “But you can refill mine.” Janice gave her the death stare until she walked away.
    As soon as she was gone, I le t the laugh escape my mouth. “Baby, you’re crazy.”
    “What?” she asked incredulously. “She was hitting on you right in front of me. That shit isn’t going to fly.”
    “You’re cute,” I said. “I like it when you get mad.”
    “Well, you’ll see it again if she’s dumb enough to try anything.”
    “Ooh. I need to get some chocolate sauce.”
    She glared at me.
    “You know I’m kidding, baby.” I kissed her on the cheek. “Let’s go in the bathroom and we’ll fuck really loud. That’ll teach her a lesson.”
    “That’s tempting…” Her beautiful smile was back.
    Scarlet looked at us. “The same thing happens with Sean all the time. I just ignore it.”
    “Because you’re a pushover,” Janice said.
    “I am not!”
    I laughed. “Scar, she’s right. You are a pushover.”
    “No.”
    Sean nodded. “Baby, you are.”
    “I hate you all. I am not.”
    “Then say something next time a girl hits on me,” Sean said.
    “I will,” she said firmly. “I’ll tell her to keep her hands off my man.”
    “Sure…” Sean laughed then stared at the TV in the front.
    Scarlet was the least confrontation person I ever met. I couldn’t see her standing up to anyone. She was the person who was bumped into at the mall, but she ended up apologizing for it. She needed to grow a backbone.
    When the plane landed, we grabbed our luggage then boarded the cabs. We took separate ones because Scarlet thought we were going different ways.