Sinful Proposition by Erika Wilde

Author:Erika Wilde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Erika Wilde
Published: 2020-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Remy took Tempest a block down the street to O’Brien’s, a pub that he frequented—a lot of times by himself, since it was within walking distance of his place, and occasionally with his project managers after a late evening meeting at the office. As soon as they entered the joint, it occurred to him that he should have chosen somewhere more . . . tasteful.

O’Brien’s was an old, run-down establishment that had been around this neighborhood forever and had been passed down through three generations. To everyone in the area, it was known as a blue-collar workman’s pub where laborers came in after a hard physical day at work to pound down a few beers, eat one of O’Brien’s famous Fat Burgers, and to blow off steam with their buddies.

There wasn’t a slick businessman or neatly pressed suit in sight. The place was dimly lit, loud, and rowdy, and most of the conversations that could be heard were crude and punctuated with colorful language that a lady did not need to hear or be around. The smell of ale hung in the air, nothing had been updated in a few decades except for the necessities, and the customers were encouraged to toss their empty peanut shells onto the concrete floor as part of the rustic décor.

Remy glanced at Tempest, who was taking in the atmosphere with curious eyes, and cleared his throat to get her attention. “You know what, there’s a nice, quiet Italian restaurant a few blocks down the street. Why don’t we go there instead?”

“Why?” She met his gaze and arched a delicate brow, accentuating that daring light in her eyes. “Are you embarrassed to be seen here with me?”

The corner of his mouth twitched. Oh, she didn’t miss a trick, this one. Remy wasn’t embarrassed as much as he was concerned, considering the rough-around-the-edges clientele. She had to have noticed that she was one of the few women in the place, and hands down the best dressed one at that.

“No, I’m not embarrassed to be seen with you,” he said, squashing that notion, even if he knew she’d been goading him. “I just realized, belatedly, that this probably isn’t your kind of place.”

“Stop trying to judge me, Remy,” she said, calling him out. “I know this may shock you, but I’m a girl who loves a good beer and a burger.”

“Okay, then,” he said, and turned toward the young hostess who’d been waiting for them to make a decision. “There’s just the two of us. Do you have a booth available?”

The girl nodded as she collected their menus. “Sure do. Right this way.”

Remy’s request for a booth was twofold. He wanted privacy, and he definitely wanted to be as far away as possible from all the rowdy, on-their-way-to-getting-drunk guys sitting at the tables in the middle of the pub. But in order to get to their seats, Remy and Tempest had to walk past the roughnecks, and they weren’t shy about staring and ogling Tempest, who,

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