Red Velvet (The Velvet Rooms Book 3) by Linnea May

Author:Linnea May [May, Linnea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Kade

She relaxes with every sip that touches her lips, and while I enjoy watching her growing comfortable with her sexy nakedness, I also notice that she's not quite here. Her mind appears to be somewhere else, always drifting off, away from me, away from our surroundings and to a place I don't want her to be.

Something is troubling her, and it has very little to do with the fact that I made her take off her dress and sit at the bar quasi-naked.

"Where are you?"

My question startles her, and it's like she’s waking up from a trance when she jerks up to look back at me.

"Here," she states the obvious. "I'm here. With you, sir."

Sir. She's learning faster than I expected. But she's not saying the truth.

"No you're not. You're somewhere far, far away, little girl," I object. "Does it have anything to do with the reason why you were late?"

The look on her face tells me I'm right, and I hate that she's shaking her head, despite it being so obvious.

I'm not letting her get away so easily. "Tell me."

She sighs, and I prevent her taking another sip of her wine by placing my hand on her lower arm as she reaches for the glass.

"Talk first, drink later."

She frowns at me. "You really like that one, don't you?"

"Don't get snappy with me, little girl. You don't want me to be angry when we go upstairs later."

"Fine," she says, withdrawing her hand from the bar. "If you must know, my ex called just before you picked me up."

Her facial expression is as hard as her voice, showing nothing but lingering resentment toward the guy she almost married. I hate how much this is troubling her. If she was really over the guy, she wouldn't react in such a strong way to a simple phone call. Unless he said something that stirred her up.

"What did he want?" I ask, trying to sound more nonchalant than I truly feel about this. "Did he say anything to provoke you?"

She shakes her head. "No, not really. It's not like that."

"What is it, then?"

She throws me a look that can only be described as annoyed, her brows furrowed and her eyes narrowed.

"He said he found a new place to live, and he wants to come by to pick up his stuff that's still at our apartment," she retorts. "My apartment, I mean. It's always been my place."

"That's a good thing, though, isn't it?"

She nods, but I can tell she's only partly agreeing with me.

"I guess. Yeah, it should be a good thing." She shakes her head, as if saying the words out loud won't change the fact that she's not entirely cool with it. "I don't know why I'm even thinking about it, or why I'm feeling like… I don't know."

She clears her throat, sticking out her perfect little tits as she straightens her back.

"It's just annoying to have him on my mind now," she adds. "The timing of his call just sucked."

"Don't think of him, then," I suggest, bringing the wineglass to my lips.

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