Follow You Down by Hot Tree Editing, K. B. Webb Read Free Book Online

She looks at Lucas. “What, is this your current fuck buddy?” She looks like she should have smoke coming from her ears and lasers shooting from her eyes.
    “As I said, I’m Dani, and I think it’s time for you to leave now, before I make you leave.” I smile the whole time I speak to her, but I’m deadly serious. I don’t know what significance this girl has in Lucas’ life, but whatever is, it isn’t good.
    “You can’t tell me what to do!” Her voice raises a few octaves and I can tell she really wants to tear into me. Lucas intervenes before I get a chance to say anything. “Nikki, get the fuck away from me. I don’t want jack shit to do with you, and you know it. Now, don’t make me embarrass you in front of all these people, ‘cause you know I will. Fuck off, Nikki.”
    I see Nikki’s eyes widen and her cheeks flush. Lucas knows something about her, something she wants him to keep to himself.
    “Fine, Lucas, but when you get bored with this one,” she nods in my direction, “you know who to call.” She runs her nails down his arm before sliding out of the booth and walking across the restaurant to another table.
    “I’m sorry, Red. Nikki’s a major bitch.” He readjusts his hat, sitting back, trying to act like he isn’t fazed by the interaction that just occurred.
    “Okay, spill, Lucas. What the fuck was that about?”
    “No offense, Red, but we don’t know each other at all. Why the fuck would I tell you anything?”
    “Because we don’t know each other. There’s no judgment here because we aren’t trying to impress each other with bullshit, neither of us care. So, tell me because you don’t know me.”
    “Are you going to return the favor?” He sits back, crossing his arms, raising his eyebrows.
    Return the favor? I don’t have a lot of things that I keep to myself. Well, I have two things, stripping and Reggie. Those are two things I should just keep to myself, but for some reason I feel compelled to tell Lucas all about them both. For the same reason, I tell him he should tell me about whatever is going on with him. We don’t know each other. I don’t want a relationship with him, and I don’t care at all if he judges me. Do I want to fuck him? Yeah, I do, but I’m not looking for any kind of approval from him.
    “Sure, why the fuck not? You go first though.”
    He looks surprised for a few moments before the corners of his mouth turn up in a smirk. “Really? I didn’t think girls went around divulging secrets. Isn’t it like a girl code or something to keep secrets to yourself?”
    “I wouldn’t say that it’s girl code; I would say that’s life code. But like I told you, we don’t know each other, we aren’t trying to impress each other, so why not? You don’t seem like the kind of guy to run around like a little bitch and spill what I tell you, right?”
    He laughs and shakes his head. “Not at all, Red. I tend to keep shit to myself.” He takes a deep breath and leans back as our waitress brings us obscenely large stacks of pancakes. He pours syrup all over his and takes a few bites before he starts speaking again.
    “So, I’ve never been a relationship kind of guy, but I have been friends with benefits since high school with the same girl.” He diverts his eyes from mine as he says it, like I’m going to rip him a new one for being a man-whore. “Her name’s Candice, and she’s a nice girl. We’ve never dated, but we’ve known each other a long time. Anyway, a few years ago, her cousin Nikki moved to town. I met her a few times, thought she was hot, and eventually ended up fucking her one night. Like I said, I don’t do relationships, so after we fucked I expected I would see her around town, but that would be the end of it. About five months after our one-night stand, she called and told me she was pregnant and the kid was mine.” I choke a little on my pancakes. Lucas has a kid! Talk about a fucking curve ball. “Anyway, to make a long story