Breaking Away (Assassins, #5)(56)

She laughed. “Why waste your time when there are girls that actually want to be with you?”

Phillip smiled. “You’re right, but this girl is complicated and worth it. Help me?”

She whispered something into the girl’s ear that was beside and then came around the bar, her girlfriends laughing as she sashayed to him. Man, she wasn’t pretty. She was hot. Placing her hands on his chest, she smiled. “You’re lucky I’m a lesbian, or I would be trying to get in your pants. Even though I bat for the other team, I can’t help but think you’re sexy as hell. So yes, let’s make this girl all crazy with jealously.”

Lesbian? Holy f*ck that would be hot… before Reese. God, she had ruined him. He couldn’t even get his dick to respond to a possible threesome with lesbians. Man, this better work.

“Is that your woman?” Phillip asked, pointing to the woman that was just as big as he was.

She grinned as she held his gaze. “Yup, and she is fine with it. She knows who I’m coming home to.”

“Okay cool, she won’t kick my ass though, right?”

The girl laughed, along with everyone else, including Erik and Tate.

“No, she’s a big teddy bear. I’m Brooke by the way.”

“Phillip.”

“Awesome, let’s do this. Where is she at?”

“Right there,” Phillip said, pointing to Reese when Erik and Tate separated. Brooke took in a quick breath.

“Shit, she is hotter than you.”

“I know,” Phillip said sadly. “She broke it off with me because I asked her only to sleep with me and no one else.”

“Relationship-phobia?”

“Yeah, some dude messed her up. Now she doesn’t want relationships, but all I want is for her to sleep with only me. I get the whole not wanting a relationship; we can worry about that later. It’s been two weeks since I’ve had my arms around that woman, and it is driving me insane.”

“Man, I’m speechless,” she said, shaking her head. Reese ran her hands through her hair, looking over her shoulder, her lips pursed as she looked everywhere but at him. He wanted to attack her and lick that lipstick right off her succulent lips.

Taking in a deep breath, he said, “Yeah, she has that effect on people.”

Phillip watched as the penis head slowly slid his hand down her back, resting it on her ass. Reese looked up at him and smiled, while Phillip’s body caught on fire and not in a good way.

“All right,” she said, smacking her hands together. “Let’s do this.”

Brooke looked up at him, and he smiled before snaking his arms around her waist. “I owe you and your woman a night out, maybe dinner?”

“I’ll take it as a reward for making her jealous. We’ll exchange numbers later. Come on, I’m excited.”

Tate and Erik both laughed as they walked ahead of them, Phillip and Brooke following behind. Audrey looked up and saw Brooke first, a grin on her face as she exclaimed, “Brooke! Where is Amy?”

Huh?

Brooke froze, sending Phillip an ‘oh shit’ look, before being wrapped up in Audrey’s arms. Phillip watched as she whispered something and then Audrey pulled back, looking up at Phillip before looking back at Brooke and then back to Reese.

“I left her at home; she didn’t want to come out. I think her and her boyfriend are hanging out tonight.”

“Yeah, cool,” Audrey said, shaking her head. “I’ve missed seeing y’all.”

“Yeah, we miss you, too. We’ll come in next week. How’s Penny?” Brooke asked, speaking of Audrey and Tate’s daughter. Phillip hugged Brooke close to him as Audrey went on and on about how great Penny was.

“Oh, I’m rambling, sorry,” Audrey gushed, her cheeks turning red as Tate hugged her into the nook of his arm.

“How do you two know each other?’ Phillip asked.

“She and Amy come into the cupcakery all the time. I didn’t know y’all knew each other,” Audrey said.

Phillip looked at Brooke, and she smiled. “Yeah, he’s a cutie. Couldn’t pass him up.”

Phillip grinned as Piper said, “Hi, I’m Piper. This is my husband, Erik.”

“Nice to meet you,” Brooke said, but then an awkward silence fell over the table. He could feel Reese’s eyes on him, but he’d be damned if he would look at her.

“Well, I guess since he won’t introduce me, I’m Reese,” Reese said, reaching out to take Brooke’s hand.

“Why would I? It’s not like you introduced me to the guy you’re with,” he said, turning to look at her. Her hands came onto her hips, and she glared.

“Because you ran off before I could.”

“It’s okay; I really don’t give a f*ck.”

“Obviously you do, since you brought it up. Where did you find her?”

“I could ask you the same thing, sweetheart, watch it.”

“Whatever, you’re just trying to start something,” she spat at him. For some reason, that pissed him the f*ck off. Why the hell did she care? She broke it off with him and f*ck, this was childish!

“What’s there to start? What I do is my business. Don’t worry your pretty little head about it.”