up my mind about it yet…”
He laughed then drank the chocolate shake. “I told you so.”
She drank half of it then rested her forehead on her hand. “Oh no. Brain freeze.”
“Those are the worst.” He finished the milkshake then gripped his own head. “Now I have one too.”
She pushed through it then forgot about it. “It was so worth it.”
“Always is.”
The waiter put the tab on the table and Bryce threw the cash inside.
“Let me get this one since you paid for the battery.”
“No.” Bryce handed the tab to the waitress. “I don’t need change.”
“Thank you, sir.” He walked away.
“Why don’t you let me pay for anything?” she asked.
“Because.” That was all he said.
“That didn’t explain anything…”
“You’re a lady. And I’ll always treat you like one.”
She cocked an eyebrow. “You never pay for the other girls’ things.”
“Because they have boyfriends. And you’re the only girl I treat this way.”
What? Cheyenne was even more confused than she’d ever been in her life. What the hell was going on? What did that mean?
Bryce stared at her from across the table. His eyes were guarded but intense at the same time. He looked like he might say something but he didn’t. He kept staring.
Cheyenne didn’t know what to do, so she stared back. She watched the brightness of his eyes and the tightness of his jaw.
“Are you ready to go?” he asked.
“Sure.”
They left the diner then got into his truck. The drive was spent in silence. When they pulled up to the shack no one was outside. Everyone was inside the house.
“Are you going back in there?” he asked.
“No, I think I’m going to head home.”
“Me too.”
She sat still for a moment before she looked at him. “Thanks for the milkshake.”
“Anytime.”
She opened the door.
“You’ll come over on Friday?” he asked.
“Sure.”
“Come hungry.”
She assumed he was ordering pizza. “Okay.”
“Good night, Cheyenne.”
“Good night.” She got out and shut the door. When she was back in her car, she couldn’t process what happened. Bryce seemed indifferent before but now he was trying to spend time with her. She didn’t have a clue what was going on and she decided not to think about it. It would just make her head explode.
Chapter Seven
“Who the hell is he?” Derek asked when they got back to the apartment.
“Who?” Paola tossed her purse on the counter.
“This guy she’s dating. He sounds like a billionaire.”
“What does it matter? She said it’s not serious and she seems okay with it.” She came behind him and rubbed his shoulders and back, trying to relax him. Then she moved in front of him, wrapping her arms around his neck. She pressed her body close to his, her breasts against his chest. When she seduced Derek like this it always worked.
“But she shouldn’t be okay with something that isn’t serious.” He walked away from her, not taking the bait. “Cheyenne is an idiot and only goes for guys that are fucking assholes. I’m not going to stand by and watch it happen again.”
Paola tried to be patient with him. “I’m sure your sister has learned from her mistakes. And the fact she doesn’t take this new relationship seriously proves that she’s matured. She understands reality and doesn’t have unrealistic expectations.”
“I still don’t want to deal with it. They still have arranged marriages, right? Couldn’t I just set her up with one of those?”
Paola rolled her eyes. Then she pulled her dress over her head, standing in a purple thong and nothing else. She put her hands on her hips and stared him down, daring him to mention his sister again.
It was like Derek was blind. “Or why can’t she be a nun? God, I never want to have girls.”
“We won’t have kids at all this rate,” she said with a sigh.
“I need to know if this guy is a dick. I have to.”
Paola glared at him. “I’m trying to have sex with you and all you
He laughed then drank the chocolate shake. “I told you so.”
She drank half of it then rested her forehead on her hand. “Oh no. Brain freeze.”
“Those are the worst.” He finished the milkshake then gripped his own head. “Now I have one too.”
She pushed through it then forgot about it. “It was so worth it.”
“Always is.”
The waiter put the tab on the table and Bryce threw the cash inside.
“Let me get this one since you paid for the battery.”
“No.” Bryce handed the tab to the waitress. “I don’t need change.”
“Thank you, sir.” He walked away.
“Why don’t you let me pay for anything?” she asked.
“Because.” That was all he said.
“That didn’t explain anything…”
“You’re a lady. And I’ll always treat you like one.”
She cocked an eyebrow. “You never pay for the other girls’ things.”
“Because they have boyfriends. And you’re the only girl I treat this way.”
What? Cheyenne was even more confused than she’d ever been in her life. What the hell was going on? What did that mean?
Bryce stared at her from across the table. His eyes were guarded but intense at the same time. He looked like he might say something but he didn’t. He kept staring.
Cheyenne didn’t know what to do, so she stared back. She watched the brightness of his eyes and the tightness of his jaw.
“Are you ready to go?” he asked.
“Sure.”
They left the diner then got into his truck. The drive was spent in silence. When they pulled up to the shack no one was outside. Everyone was inside the house.
“Are you going back in there?” he asked.
“No, I think I’m going to head home.”
“Me too.”
She sat still for a moment before she looked at him. “Thanks for the milkshake.”
“Anytime.”
She opened the door.
“You’ll come over on Friday?” he asked.
“Sure.”
“Come hungry.”
She assumed he was ordering pizza. “Okay.”
“Good night, Cheyenne.”
“Good night.” She got out and shut the door. When she was back in her car, she couldn’t process what happened. Bryce seemed indifferent before but now he was trying to spend time with her. She didn’t have a clue what was going on and she decided not to think about it. It would just make her head explode.
Chapter Seven
“Who the hell is he?” Derek asked when they got back to the apartment.
“Who?” Paola tossed her purse on the counter.
“This guy she’s dating. He sounds like a billionaire.”
“What does it matter? She said it’s not serious and she seems okay with it.” She came behind him and rubbed his shoulders and back, trying to relax him. Then she moved in front of him, wrapping her arms around his neck. She pressed her body close to his, her breasts against his chest. When she seduced Derek like this it always worked.
“But she shouldn’t be okay with something that isn’t serious.” He walked away from her, not taking the bait. “Cheyenne is an idiot and only goes for guys that are fucking assholes. I’m not going to stand by and watch it happen again.”
Paola tried to be patient with him. “I’m sure your sister has learned from her mistakes. And the fact she doesn’t take this new relationship seriously proves that she’s matured. She understands reality and doesn’t have unrealistic expectations.”
“I still don’t want to deal with it. They still have arranged marriages, right? Couldn’t I just set her up with one of those?”
Paola rolled her eyes. Then she pulled her dress over her head, standing in a purple thong and nothing else. She put her hands on her hips and stared him down, daring him to mention his sister again.
It was like Derek was blind. “Or why can’t she be a nun? God, I never want to have girls.”
“We won’t have kids at all this rate,” she said with a sigh.
“I need to know if this guy is a dick. I have to.”
Paola glared at him. “I’m trying to have sex with you and all you
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