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“Just making an observation. Totally not jealous. Not even a little bit. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to get shitfaced before taking the Metra home.”

She laughed and started on her own strawberry martini. “Believe me. I’d much rather be on a date with you than pretending to be his girlfriend.” She made an annoyed sound. “Landon is an asshole. He invited me here tonight at the last minute. In fact, it wasn’t really an invitation at all. It was an order. He threatened to tank my job application if I didn’t come!”

“Sounds like you shouldn’t have made that kind of deal in the first place,” I said. “That’s weird, though. I’ve known Landon for years, indirectly through Bradyn, and he’s always seemed like a great guy.”

“Ugh,” she groaned. “That’s all I’ve heard all night. Everyone has been gushing over how amazing Landon is. He donates blood once a week. He volunteers at the Wrigleyville animal shelter. He pulls little kids out of burning orphanages.”

“You can only donate blood every two months,” I replied. “I know that, because I’m a doctor.”

“I was exaggerating for dramatic effect!” she exclaimed. “And hey, what’s the deal with that? Why won’t you tell everyone you’re a dentist? A successful one, at that?”

“I really don’t want to talk about it. I just want to get drunk before going home. Eyeballing you across the table all night hasn’t been easy.”

“Same,” she said, then leaned closer to me. “I’ve been thinking about last week a lot.”

I smiled down at her. “Me too. We have unfinished business.”

“We sure do.”

I raised my martini. “This will help me survive until we can pick up where we left off.”

Joanna watched me for a moment, then took a very large gulp from her drink. She put the glass back down, took me by the hand, and said, “Why wait?”

I barely had enough time to leave my drink at the bar as she led me through the restaurant and back into the private room. It was empty except for a lone waiter who was cleaning up plates from the tables. “What are we doing?” I asked.

She flashed a naughty smile over her shoulder. “Paying you back for the other night.”

14

Joanna

I had been staring at Theo all evening from across the table. I couldn’t look away; I kept picturing that gorgeous face between my legs, devouring me towards a toe-curling orgasm. After three Chardonnays, I wanted to say screw it to the agreement with Landon and jump Theo’s bones right there in front of the entire Cozart wedding party.

Being denied something only made you want it more.

Adding to that sexual tension was the goodnight kiss I’d shared with Landon. Despite how much I disliked him toying with my fate at DefTec, the kiss was good. Very good. I hated how my body heated in his arms, coming alive in a way that I didn’t need to fake.

This was a man who had blackmailed me to come to the rehearsal tonight. A man I couldn’t wait to be rid of after the wedding tomorrow. Yet the physical chemistry between us was now undeniable after two kisses, a fact that was incredibly frustrating.

I didn’t want him, damnit. I wanted Theo.

Fortunately, the bartender made my strawberry martini very strong. The buzz from a few sips of that gave me the courage to be a lot more forward than I otherwise would have been. As forward as Theo had been on our first date.

I led him back into the private room and towards a side hallway. There was a single unisex bathroom there, larger and nicer than the ones in the main restaurant. I pushed him inside, then closed the door behind us.

Theo’s lips were cool and sweet from the strawberry martini, but his body was hard and warm. I ran my hands over his sculpted chest and arms, remembering the curves of his body from last week.

“I didn’t come prepared,” he said between kisses. “I didn’t think I was going to get laid tonight. I don’t have a condom on me.”

I smiled sweetly up at him. “We’re not doing that in a bathroom. I’m repaying you for the other night.”

And then I dropped into a crouch, unzipped his pants, and reached inside. His cock was almost completely hard, but I still managed to pull it through his zipper. I took a moment to admire it, letting my breath tickle his shaft as I gazed up at him through my eyelashes. Theo held his breath and stared down at me, the hunger and anticipation obvious in his almond eyes.

I slowly dragged my fingers along the underside of the shaft, then planted a soft kiss right on his tip. His entire hard length jolted at my touch. Still holding his gaze with my own, I parted my lips and moved forward, taking him in my mouth.

The sigh he let out was music to my ears.

I had intended to draw things out slowly, but now that I had started, I felt an urgency to get him off. To repay him for the other night and show him just how unselfish I could be. I had given plenty of blowjobs in my life, but never in public like this. It was a level of naughtiness I had only dreamed about. The danger of getting caught in a public place was incredibly hot all by itself, but when you added the threat of the Cozart family finding out? My body was practically buzzing with excitement.

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