my dad, Nick!”
“Lucky considering…” He shook his head, regretting his words. “Cut the bullshit, Mia. You know she’s
not someone you’d usually associate with. So, why do you want to talk to her? I’m guessing it’s not to
ask about Al?”
“God no.” She shuddered at the thought of the lecherous man she’d encountered in Charlie’s kitchen,
recalling his heavy gaze on her breasts. “It’s just…I, uh, I’d like to give Kevin a present.”
“And?”
She sighed. “Can’t you just let it go, please Nicky?”
“Nope, spill.”
“You’re a pain, you know that?”
A grin blossomed on his handsome face. “I know. Come on, baby, you know I love you. I just don’t want
to see you hurt again.”
“I won’t.”
“And you can be sure of that because?”
“Because like I said, this would be for Kevin.”
He stared at her in silence for a few seconds before saying, his voice hard, “It’s that fucking List again, isn’t it? You want to give him a free pass with that girl?”
“Yes…and no.”
“Very helpful, Mia.”
“I didn’t want to tell you or anyone else about it so lay off, will ya? It’s not as if it’d be the end of the world if we have sex with her!”
“We?”
Oops.
“Uh, yeah. It’s Kevin’s fantasy, to see me with another woman.”
“But…” Nick clearly had lost his power of speech. “I don’t know what to say.”
She grabbed his hand across the table and squeezed. “What we had will always be special, Nicky, but I
want to pay him back. I…I feel bad that I got everything and all he got was—“
“He had it good too, don’t you think otherwise. He loved it, Mia. We loved it. It was amazing and I
don’t see why you feel as if you should repay him in any way.”
“Because he’s my husband.”
“And? Come on, don’t you see? It was a one time thing—“
“And this would be too. I want to make him happy.”
“He is happy, he’s got you!” Nick’s voice rang through the café and Mia watched as he sat back in his
seat, eyes dark with anger.
“Nick, please. I’m not asking you to understand, I just need her phone number and her name and I’ll
contact her myself.”
“Don’t do this, Mia.”
He was nearly begging her and she felt tears prick her eyes at the tone of his voice. “Please Nicky, help me out here.”
“You don’t even like women!”
“I know.”
“You’re going to get hurt, baby, I know it. I know you.” He sighed. “Can you really imagine yourself
having sex with her and Kevin? Comparing yourself to her?”
She gasped. She hated him knowing her so well, damn it! “I’ll get past it, I’m sure I will.”
“Will you really? What if Kevin pays her more attention?”
“I’ll just…I don’t know! I haven’t even asked her about it yet! I’m sure we’ll come up with a set of rules or something. You had rules too, right? It’ll be the same thing!”
“Fuck.” He grabbed his head in both hands and groaned. “I swear, you’re going to make me crazy
before I even hit 40.”
“That’s okay, you’ve got a while to go yet.”
He groaned some more and she smiled, loving the fact they were still close. This was Nick and he was
her friend and even if she could still feel his lips on hers, it had to be ignored. That and she really
needed to get that number out of him!
Chapter Nineteen: Pretty Please, With a Cherry on Top
“Hello.”
“Hi, this is Mia McIntyre. We met at Charlie’s a few weeks ago.”
“Oh hey Mia, Nick told me you’d be calling!”
She looked at the phone in her hand and blinked. Say what? “Nick talked to you?”
“Yeah, it’s not like I know him well or anything but I’ve met him a few times before at Charlie’s. So I
understand you have something to ask me?”
“Hold on a sec, did Nick tell you why I’d be calling you?”
“Uh, yeah. Is that a problem?”
“I’m…I’m not sure.”
“He’s really
“Lucky considering…” He shook his head, regretting his words. “Cut the bullshit, Mia. You know she’s
not someone you’d usually associate with. So, why do you want to talk to her? I’m guessing it’s not to
ask about Al?”
“God no.” She shuddered at the thought of the lecherous man she’d encountered in Charlie’s kitchen,
recalling his heavy gaze on her breasts. “It’s just…I, uh, I’d like to give Kevin a present.”
“And?”
She sighed. “Can’t you just let it go, please Nicky?”
“Nope, spill.”
“You’re a pain, you know that?”
A grin blossomed on his handsome face. “I know. Come on, baby, you know I love you. I just don’t want
to see you hurt again.”
“I won’t.”
“And you can be sure of that because?”
“Because like I said, this would be for Kevin.”
He stared at her in silence for a few seconds before saying, his voice hard, “It’s that fucking List again, isn’t it? You want to give him a free pass with that girl?”
“Yes…and no.”
“Very helpful, Mia.”
“I didn’t want to tell you or anyone else about it so lay off, will ya? It’s not as if it’d be the end of the world if we have sex with her!”
“We?”
Oops.
“Uh, yeah. It’s Kevin’s fantasy, to see me with another woman.”
“But…” Nick clearly had lost his power of speech. “I don’t know what to say.”
She grabbed his hand across the table and squeezed. “What we had will always be special, Nicky, but I
want to pay him back. I…I feel bad that I got everything and all he got was—“
“He had it good too, don’t you think otherwise. He loved it, Mia. We loved it. It was amazing and I
don’t see why you feel as if you should repay him in any way.”
“Because he’s my husband.”
“And? Come on, don’t you see? It was a one time thing—“
“And this would be too. I want to make him happy.”
“He is happy, he’s got you!” Nick’s voice rang through the café and Mia watched as he sat back in his
seat, eyes dark with anger.
“Nick, please. I’m not asking you to understand, I just need her phone number and her name and I’ll
contact her myself.”
“Don’t do this, Mia.”
He was nearly begging her and she felt tears prick her eyes at the tone of his voice. “Please Nicky, help me out here.”
“You don’t even like women!”
“I know.”
“You’re going to get hurt, baby, I know it. I know you.” He sighed. “Can you really imagine yourself
having sex with her and Kevin? Comparing yourself to her?”
She gasped. She hated him knowing her so well, damn it! “I’ll get past it, I’m sure I will.”
“Will you really? What if Kevin pays her more attention?”
“I’ll just…I don’t know! I haven’t even asked her about it yet! I’m sure we’ll come up with a set of rules or something. You had rules too, right? It’ll be the same thing!”
“Fuck.” He grabbed his head in both hands and groaned. “I swear, you’re going to make me crazy
before I even hit 40.”
“That’s okay, you’ve got a while to go yet.”
He groaned some more and she smiled, loving the fact they were still close. This was Nick and he was
her friend and even if she could still feel his lips on hers, it had to be ignored. That and she really
needed to get that number out of him!
Chapter Nineteen: Pretty Please, With a Cherry on Top
“Hello.”
“Hi, this is Mia McIntyre. We met at Charlie’s a few weeks ago.”
“Oh hey Mia, Nick told me you’d be calling!”
She looked at the phone in her hand and blinked. Say what? “Nick talked to you?”
“Yeah, it’s not like I know him well or anything but I’ve met him a few times before at Charlie’s. So I
understand you have something to ask me?”
“Hold on a sec, did Nick tell you why I’d be calling you?”
“Uh, yeah. Is that a problem?”
“I’m…I’m not sure.”
“He’s really
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