Not the Marrying Kind by Kathryn Nolan

Author:Kathryn Nolan [Nolan, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: That's What She Said Publishing
Published: 2021-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

25

Max

I stood outside The Red Room just after 9:00 pm and didn’t want to go in for the first time in my entire life.

Because I was nervous as hell for my first date with Fiona and pretty damn sure I was going to puke any second.

“You’re not gonna puke, hermanito,” Mateo said. I’d called him in a panic as I walked down the sidewalk, grateful that Fiona had texted she was already inside. Her text read, specifically: Get your ass in here, Devlin. They’re playing your favorite songs and I might have forgotten to wear underwear.

A text like that would usually send me spinning through a fantasy of all the filthy things I was going to do to that smart mouth. But instead I was terrified I was about to ruin our first date—a major, epic first for me.

Every moment with Fiona ended up being a terrifying first. This morning was the first time a simple kiss broke me. As if Fiona had reached into my chest and pulled my heart out herself. At this stage in my life, I was essentially an expert in the different intensities of sexual arousal. And the second Fiona touched those sweet, mischievous lips to mine, I was a goner.

Every other experience in my life was stuck, stubbornly, at level five. Fiona in my lap, kissing me like I was the air she needed to breathe?

There wasn’t even a level.

Actually, the level was called I am so fucking fucked.

“How does the shirt that I lent you fit?” Mateo asked, dragging me back from my chaotic thoughts. “Has Fiona seen you yet?”

I looked down at the black Henley Mateo had given me. I’d shoved the sleeves up to my elbows and worn my cleanest jeans. “No. I’m still out here thinking about throwing up or whatever. But I think I look… fine?”

Mateo laughed. “Oh, how the mighty have fallen.”

The door opened, and I peeked around, trying to get a glimpse of a blond beauty throwing elbows. “Your support is appreciated.”

“Hey,” Mateo said, voice growing serious. “You’ll be fine. Remember my first date with Rafael?”

I sighed, leaning back against the brick wall. Let my head fall back. “I told you, if it went poorly or you wanted to bail, to call me and I’d come pick you up and take you out to meet cute guys.”

“I’ll do the same,” Mateo said. “Even though you’re a pain in my ass right now. But if it goes bad, text me. We’ll come get you and take you out for a burger and then drop you off at a bar filled with beautiful women who aren’t Fiona.”

That scenario sounded real depressing right now. But I appreciated the sentiment. “Thank you,” I said. “Be on standby for your best friend to make a goddamn idiot of himself tonight. How’d the bike ride tonight?”

“She’s perfect,” he said. “And I really, really appreciate you doing that for me.”

That was some good news, at least. “Ask for more help, and I’ll give it.”

“I know,” he said.

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