“My son is in love with you.” Jack’s words rolled through her mind. No, she couldn’t allow this to happen to them.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Dorothy making her way toward her, along with their friends. She didn’t want an audience when this happened, but she needed to get it resolved.
Charging toward him, she tugged on his hand, spinning him around. Guy didn’t fight her. He stared down at her. Before he covered it up, she saw the lust burning in his eyes. Then as quickly as he revealed his emotions, he shut them away from her.
“What do you want?” he asked.
His jaw tensed, another sign he was hiding feelings away from her.
“Who’s the skank?” She turned her attention to the woman beside him. The blonde frowned at her.
“Who are you talking to?”.
“She’s none of your business. This is the choice you gave me. I wanted to end things neatly, which you didn’t want to do. I’m not ending shit neatly. I’m moving on, Em.” He wrapped his arm around the blonde.
“Ew, get off me. I don’t know you.” The blonde shoved him away then turned to where her friends were waiting. Had Guy just used an innocent woman to make her jealous and send her away?
How she managed to keep hold of her emotions was beyond her.#p#分页标题#e#
Take a deep breath, and don’t let him hide.
“You’re giving up, like that, quitting.” Ignoring the other woman, Emily focused all of her attention on him.
“What don’t you get? We were a little fun, and like all women you think it means something.” He wasn’t even looking at her as he talked.
“Guy,” Wayne said, closing in.
“No, man. I’m making a choice.”
“It’s the wrong one.” Wayne got the last word in.
“Not the wrong one. I’ve learned my lesson. I’m not a one woman man.” Guy turned his gaze to her. “I wanted you. I fucked you, and now I’m bored.”
Tears stung her eyes as she looked at him. This was not the man she’d come to know but the man who was trying to run away from her. He was a fucking coward, and right at that moment she hated him. “What the hell are you trying to do, Guy?” she asked.
Seeing the women surround him over the last few weeks had filled her with jealousy, and then she realized what he was doing. Dorothy had once warned her of what he was like. The way he’d been the last few weeks with her was an act. This was the real man beneath the charm, and she hated it. Part of her believed he was hiding while another knew he was begging to get away.
“My son is in love with you.”
She needed to ignore those words. The man Jack had raised into a good son was not the man stood before her.
“I told you, Em. I’m not the settling down kind of guy. This is who I am. The last few weeks have been fun, but even you knew it was going to come to an end.” He was avoiding her. His gaze was looking at everything else except her. “I’m not a one pussy kind of man.”
Raising her hand she slapped him around the face. He didn’t do anything other than look at her with pity.
“You’re a fucking coward,” she said, growling the words at him.
“I’m not a coward. You just can’t stand the fact I’m no longer affected by you.”
She shook her head. He couldn’t be so far from the truth. She’d felt the connection with him. Guy had taken her to meet his fucking parents, and this was how he was going to treat her.
“You’re right. I got too invested in you.” She shook her head at her own stupidity. Emily let the tears fall. Their friends were watching, and she didn’t care. The only person she felt sorry for was Guy. He was too busy hiding and pretending shit didn’t happen. “You’re twenty-eight years old, Guy. When are you going to grow up and realize life is really passing you by? You can lose yourself in women all the time, but there will come a point when women will look at you and see a dirty old man. I hope you find something before that happens.”
Dorothy looked sad. Janet and Lilly looked ready to do murder, and his friends appeared angered. They were in Tony’s place, and all of the customers she’d gotten to know were witness to her humiliation.
Laughing, she turned back to Guy. “Can you believe you’ve done to me what you said Andrew would?”
Shaking her head, she approached the bar. “I quit.”
With her head held high she walked out of the bar.
****
Guy wasn’t a dirty old man. The woman he’d been with he had followed into the bar. . Guy had watched her pass and decided to follow her in, making out they were together. The blonde had soon put him in check, so it hadn’t turned out quite like he’d hoped. For the last hour he’d been stood outside ready to walk in and claim his woman. Then he remembered all of his doubts, and hurting Emily because he couldn’t stay with her scared him more than anything. So many times he’d started toward the door only to stop and walk back to his lamppost. Never had he told a woman how he felt. Emily had told him, and it had taken every ounce of control not to fall to her feet. His doubts kept him from telling her the truth. She was right. He was a fucking coward but only because he didn’t trust in himself. Emily deserved happiness and a life filled with love.#p#分页标题#e#