Page 10 of What I Like About You

“Dude, you’re my best friend and all, and you know that I’d take your side for pretty much everything, but that is not the reaction of someone who doesn’t care,” Kyle said.

“You can be as mad as you want about my sister and the way she treated you, and you can even still be irked at me for not being upfront about my family. But please don’t take it out on Zara.”

“I don’t take things out on guests,” Leona said.

“Ummmm…” Drea said, looking at her knowingly while gesturing at Cullen, who raised his hands in innocence before taking a swig of his beer.

“He doesn’t count!”

“I think I can speak for all of us when I say that of course we will treat Zara like the VIP guest that she is,” Maeve piped up, being the voice of reason. “But if she means something to you and you need us to do something, just let us know.”

“Yes! Let us help!” Drea exclaimed.

“No, Drea, I love you, I do. But keep your romance-novel-happily-ever-after nonsensical ideas far, far away from me. Just because your pushing worked with blondie over here, doesn’t make you Yente.”

“Who?” Maeve asked, as Drea pouted.

“The matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof,” Dalton answered.

“Dude, how do you even know that?” Kyle asked.

“Rich people schools,” Leona quipped.

“You did it for me. Let me return the favor!” Drea pleaded.

“You two would have figured it out eventually. I just sped it up,” he said, blowing off her assertion. “And there is no favor to be returned.”

Drea opened her mouth to respond, but a look from Kyle stopped her. Instead she let the pout return to her face, making sure that Dalton knew she was unhappy. Seeing that look on her face killed him, but he wasn’t going to let her try and make something out of nothing.

“Okay, enough about me,” Dalton said. He had to change the subject to something, anything other than himself. “How about some shots?”