“Everything involves my dick. Haven’t you figured that out yet?”
We’re interrupted by a pretty girl who doesn’t look much older than a high school student. She’s wringing her hands nervously and even though she clears her throat when she speaks her words still seem to get caught. “I don’t mean to interrupt, but umm…do you remember me?”
Her words hang in the air for a moment before Leo turns to her and says, “Ever been to an Always Rayne concert?”
The girl’s face reddens. “Yes.”
Leo looks her up and down then says, “I meet a lot of girls.”
Her big blue eyes dampen and she starts to blink back tears. “I know. I just thought...”
“Thought what?” Leo stares at her.
“I thought that…” When her voice cracks I actually feel sorry for her for a brief moment. Fucking Leo obviously meant something to her, but it clearly meant nothing to him. She swallows hard and then continues, “I thought that maybe we could get together again sometime.”
“Do you remember talking to Raven, the girl with the long dark hair who approved you? Did she explain the rules to you before we hooked up?”
The girl nods.
“Do you remember what she told you?”
Her brows narrow as if she’s struggling to remember what Raven said to her. “No encores. No repeat performances. It’s a one-time thing.”
When Leo turns away from her the conversation is clearly over. At least from Leo’s perspective. I don’t think the girl is quite done though because she says, “I thought maybe you’d make an exception.”
“I don’t make exceptions.” Leo doesn’t even look at her. She’s been dismissed.
When the girl looks over at me I just shrug. I’m usually the one in Leo’s position when a guy wants more after a one-night stand and I have to remind him of our one-and-done agreement.
It takes a moment for the girl to realize that Leo’s really finished with her. She takes one last glance between the two of us then sulks away.
“How come you made an exception for me?” I ask when the girl is out of earshot.
He laughs. “I didn’t make an exception for you. You are the exception. There’s a big difference.”
“How so?”
“Did you take a good look at that girl?”
“The one who looked like she was still in high school?” I tease.
“Raven checks everyone’s ID. Girls have to be at least nineteen to get in our room.”
“Okay, what about her?”
“She’s a hard twelve.”
“Okay…what’s the scale? Most guys rate girls from one to ten.”
“Xander and I rate girls in three categories: face, tits and ass. Each area gets a rating from one to five. That girl’s tits are a little too small, so she gets a four there. She’s got a nice ass, but it’s just a little flat. Another four. She’s cute, but she kind of reminds me of a cheerleader, so she’s got a four there too. She’s a hard twelve.”
“Wow, you’re more of a dog than I’ve given you credit for.”
“Arf, arf,” he teases. Then he narrows his gaze at me. “Tell me you don’t rate guys in some way. How hot they are? How muscular? How big of a package they’ve got?”
“You forgot about how nice of an ass they have. Girls like sexy butts too.”
“My point exactly.”
“So how did you rate me?” I throw the question out there, even though I’m kind of afraid to hear my score. If the cheerleader only scored a twelve I could be in trouble.
He bites back a grin. “You’re an eleven.”
I take a piece of bread from the wicker basket sitting on our table, rip off a small chunk and throw it right at Leo’s nose. His reflexes are quicker than I thought and he catches the hunk of bread in his mouth.
“You shouldn’t be throwing food in an expensive place like this,” he chides.
I furrow my brow. “You shouldn’t tell me I’m only an eleven.”
When his eyes turn serious he knocks the wind of out of me a bit by saying, “You know you’re a fifteen.”
That surprises me even more than him