Except I knew Kiana. She was not sweet. At least, not toward me. “You’re angry with me.”
“Most men would not assume a half-naked woman waiting at his table was angry.”
“That is because most men don’t know you.” Pulling the chair out, I sat and let my gaze linger. When the mating bond first snapped into place, she was skin and bone.
Her father was a monster in more ways than one. “And since you didn’t know that Briella was going to walk in with me, then it’s not about that.”
She’s filled out since then. Not thanks to me but to Parker.
“She’s just a young girl, Kiana. I don’t deal with girls. I have my hands filled enough with you.”
Still nothing.
“You don’t like Finn,” I guess.
“Finn is wonderful. He’s going to teach me how to drive.”
The f**k he was. A growl rose inside me, but s
