Bluff (Stacked Deck Book 6) by Emilia Finn

Author:Emilia Finn [Finn, Emilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beelieve Publishing, Pty Ltd
Published: 2020-09-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chuck

Let’s Chat

“Here you go, guys.” Our waitress stops by our booth in Franky’s Diner, and smiles when she drops plates of fried goodness in front of me and Nora.

The waitress – Katrina – just so happens to be Mac’s mom, and since Mac and I have eaten here together a million times over the years, I guess she figures it’s her place to point out the salad she dropped on my plate.

“Fried chicken, fries, gravy.” Her brow wings up as she looks into my eyes. “No way are you allowed to leave this table until you eat that lettuce.”

Laughing, I pick the green leaves up in one handful, complete with cherry tomatoes and a slice of cucumber, and shove the lot into my mouth.

Partially impressed, but mostly disgusted, she only shakes her head and turns away. “Enjoy your fried fat, guys. Don’t forget to tip your waitress on the way out.”

“I’ll never not tip you, Miss Blair.” Turning back to Nora, I grin and show a mouth full of food. “Eat up. Then I have questions.”

“You do?” It’s nice that she doesn’t panic at my words, like she might have only this morning. “Like what?”

“Well, eat, and I’ll ask them.” I select a fry from my plate, and offer it to Galileo, sitting on the floor beneath the table.

Nora tosses a fry into her mouth with a playful grin. “Ask.”

I lean forward a little, lower my voice. “You said you were a virgin selected for plundering.”

“You’re absolutely despicable!”

Barking out a laugh, I sit back and pick up a chicken leg. “I can’t help where my thoughts go! I’m only a man, Nora. A simpleton at that.”

“What’s your question?”

“Are you still a virgin?”

Growling, she snatches up a cherry tomato from her plate and pegs it at my face. “Why are you so disgusting? That’s none of your damn business.”

“I’m gonna make it my business.” I watch Galileo chase the tomato I ping across the diner. “You don’t have to answer, I suppose. It’s like a treasure hunt, in a completely crude way.”

“You’re such a pig. You’re arrogant, and rude, and have no manners at all.”

“And we’re back to you being all snobby and shit. See how this works?” I bounce my brows and open my mouth in preparation to catch the next thing she tosses.

Surprisingly, she doesn’t…

“Similar to how you ride bikes to face your monsters,” she shrugs, “I go out on dates to face mine. Not all men are horrible, not all encounters with a guy have to be fodder for my nightmares.”

When I say nothing, she slides a gravy-coated fry into her mouth and shakes her head. “I’m not a virgin. I relieved myself of that… ‘perk’ a long time ago. I would never again be sold with that label, like it somehow made me more valuable.”

“Who is he?”

She snorts. “Just some dude that lasted a few hours.”

“A few hours?” I shout. “No motherfucker lasts a few hours.”

“I meant on our date,” she snickers. “We had dinner, went for a walk, got dessert, and when we were done eating, I still didn’t hate him, so…” She shrugs.

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