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Incubus Dreams :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 551 из 605She was wearing a halterdress that needed to be lined better. Her nipples were dark imprints against the pale fabric. I carefully kept my gaze above her waist, not even wanting to know if there were other dark imprints lower down. I don’t mean to give the idea that they were cheap looking, they weren’t. The girl was wearing a diamond in her engagement ring big enough to choke a puppy, and her bracelets were gold and more diamonds. Her makeup was artful, which meant she looked like she was wearing almost none but was actually wearing a lot. The man was dressed in a suit that had been tailored to his body and had probably come from the same shop that Micah and Nathaniel got theirs from. It had the look.
“I’m sorry, but we were talking to the gentleman first,” the man said.
I took in a lot of air through my nose and let it out slow. The woman’s perfume was powdery and expensive. “Actually, I was talking to him first, because I brought him here.”
They gave each other surprised looks.
Nathaniel started trying to ease past them. “Sorry,” he said, “I did tell you I came with somebody.” When he was safely beside me, and I was holding both Micah’s and Nathaniel’s hands, I figured we were safe from any more propositions. Silly me.
The woman went up on tiptoe, and the man bent down so she could whisper. I didn’t care anymore. I started trying to maneuver us back to Ronnie. The area was just a little narrow for three people to move easily.
“Wait,” the woman said.
I turned back, because that’s what you do when someone speaks to you.
“All three of you with us,” she said.
I blinked at her, the long blink that gave me time to process information when I just didn’t believe what I’d just heard. Once upon a time, I’d have asked her what she meant, but I’d grown up since then, and I knew the answer. “No,” I said, and sort of pushed Micah in front of me and pulled Nathaniel behind. We came to an abrupt halt, because Nathaniel stopped moving.
I knew what I was going to see before I turned back. I was half right, the man had grabbed Nathaniel’s arm. I’d thought it would be the woman. Again, silly me.
I moved up beside Nathaniel. “Let go of him, now,” and I put a lot of force in the “now.”
He dropped Nathaniel’s arm. “My wife really likes your friend.”
“I’m happy for her, but it’s not my problem. Don’t touch him again. Don’t touch any of us again, is that clear?”
“You’re here for the same thing we are,” he said, “let’s go back to our place.
“I’m sorry, but we were talking to the gentleman first,” the man said.
I took in a lot of air through my nose and let it out slow. The woman’s perfume was powdery and expensive. “Actually, I was talking to him first, because I brought him here.”
They gave each other surprised looks.
Nathaniel started trying to ease past them. “Sorry,” he said, “I did tell you I came with somebody.” When he was safely beside me, and I was holding both Micah’s and Nathaniel’s hands, I figured we were safe from any more propositions. Silly me.
The woman went up on tiptoe, and the man bent down so she could whisper. I didn’t care anymore. I started trying to maneuver us back to Ronnie. The area was just a little narrow for three people to move easily.
“Wait,” the woman said.
I turned back, because that’s what you do when someone speaks to you.
“All three of you with us,” she said.
I blinked at her, the long blink that gave me time to process information when I just didn’t believe what I’d just heard. Once upon a time, I’d have asked her what she meant, but I’d grown up since then, and I knew the answer. “No,” I said, and sort of pushed Micah in front of me and pulled Nathaniel behind. We came to an abrupt halt, because Nathaniel stopped moving.
I knew what I was going to see before I turned back. I was half right, the man had grabbed Nathaniel’s arm. I’d thought it would be the woman. Again, silly me.
I moved up beside Nathaniel. “Let go of him, now,” and I put a lot of force in the “now.”
He dropped Nathaniel’s arm. “My wife really likes your friend.”
“I’m happy for her, but it’s not my problem. Don’t touch him again. Don’t touch any of us again, is that clear?”
“You’re here for the same thing we are,” he said, “let’s go back to our place.