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Ada about so, but I can’t make out the words

“What about ripes

I glare at him “What about you?”

Drew interrupts as he stands froer? Best two out of three?”

Adam takes my hand as the four of us walk to the billiards area “You’re on”

Chapter Nine

BRODY

What the fuck is happening right now? I’ve been sitting here for the past twentyshoot pool with rowat soht hostile whenever he touches Rainey, which is a lot

I knew her fiancé was a doctor, but I didn’t knoas the sa uy is practically ancient, but I’h to ad woe Clooney forsexy Now, every wouished Excuse o puke up my lunch

How the hell am I supposed to co? I’m sure he can easily afford to ro he’s been practicing —that I’ry that she’s with souy is one helluva cockblock and I don’t like it

As I watch him charm the pants off of everyone in his orbit, I actually start to doubt ant, but I’ve never had trouble getting the girl If I wanted someone, she’d be e—I was actually looking forward to sparring with Rainey—but she’s not giving me much to ith here

One thingout the dirt No joke, the guy gossips like ement is new—a few months at best—and they’re in no hurry to set a date for their nuptials That givesa date and reserving the place as soon as that ring was on their finger Rainey’s lackadaisical approach tells me that she has reservations, whether she realizes it or not I knoasn’t i like itpeople and that wo a disservice to all mankind if I didn’t explore that I hate the fact that I have to go back to Boston for another year I don’t like the thought of not having any influence in her lifeof what ht happen between her and the doc before I ive him some real competition

You’re probably asking yourself why I’ club because I ask myself the same question every damn day I barely know her; I’h She has this je ne sais quoi quality about her, and I don’t use fluffy French words lightly It’s more than her looks, which to be clear are exceptional—she’s the perfect coirl-next-door What’s confounding is that she’s the first wo on a deeper level Usually, all I care about is whether they want it hard and dirty or slow and dirty Reverse cowgirl or doggy-style? Face-sitting or getting licked froirlfriends in the past, but not a single one of them made me behave like a caveman stalker Call me a dick if you want, but I just wasn’t that into them Rainey is in a class all her own and with the way Dr Dipshit is looking at her, I’d say he knows that too

Fuck

I run my hand overthe train wreck in front ofthe reht for the front doors Right before I reach the