Page 18 of Toxic Devotion
Marco raised a dark brow at Neil. “You think I’m an idiot for wanting to have dinner with you?”
“Yes,” Neil snapped and made Marco laugh, the sound making it damn hard for him to keep from smiling.
“But what if I want to take you out for dinner?”
“Too bad.”
“But, if you?”
“No,” Neil growled, cutting him off.
Marco leaned back, a smug smile on his face. He licked his lips, drawing Neil’s attention to his mouth. That gorgeous mouth he wanted to ravage. Marco ran his teeth over his bottom lip and Neil surged down, catching Marco’s lips with his, tongue plunging into his mouth.
Fuck, fine. He had no control where Marco was concerned. He wasn’t sure he really cared, either.
Footsteps had him leaning back, breathing hard as he stared at Marco. The man was looking at him as if he’d won. He was so fucking weak when it came to Marco.
He didn’t turn around when he heard the door open. He could see Alicia just fine in the reflection of the window behind Marco. Her snort was low, but her smile was big.
“I guess this is why Rome was so adamant I couldn’t go in,” she said, a note of laughter in her voice.
Marco rolled his eyes and tried to move away from Neil, but he kept his hands on the desk, trapping the man there.
Marco looked at him, then shook his head, smiling as he pressed a kiss to Neil’s lips. He released Marco and turned to lean back against the desk, watching as the siblings exchanged glances.
“Alicia, this is Neil,” Marco said.
Alicia grinned at Marco, then turned her gaze on Neil. She eyed him curiously, head slowly tilting to the side.
“We’ve met before,” she said.
“We have.”
“You’ve… met?” Marco asked, eyes flitting between the two of them.
“Not someone on the staff, then,” Alicia said with a wry smile.
Neil shook his head, smiling back at her.
“No. Just the owner.”
“Huh.” Alicia crossed her arms. “What are your intentions with my brother?”
He grinned at her and said, “I don’t think you wanna know.”
She pulled a face and took a step back. “Yeah, probably not.”
Marco huffed out a low laugh and when he looked at Neil the softness in his eyes had him feeling a kind of light he hadn’t known existed before Marco walked into his life.
“How long has this been going on, then?” Alicia asked, brows raised at them.
“None of your business,” Marco said at the same time as Neil said, “A year.”
Alicia pressed her lips together and gave her brother a cheeky look before she walked up to Neil and linked her arm with his and said, “I think you and I are gonna be best friends.”
Marco’s groan had them both laughing and as Neil met Marco’s gaze, the warmth he saw in those brown eyes had his heart soaring.
Alicia tugged him toward the couch, and he was grinning as he sat down with her.