Page 46 of Drawn to You

I bury my face in my hands, then sigh heavily and look at Elena. “Poor Dane.”

“Yeah. Now you know why everyone’s so happy he’s into you. There hasn’t been anyone serious since Cruella.”

I arch a brow, amused. “Cruella?”

“It’s what we call his ex,” Jenn says. “She’s tall and villainous, so it fits.”

Our food arrives and I take the opportunity to change the subject.

“Catch me up on what’s happening with you guys,” I say. “Let me live vicariously through you.”

Elena laughs. “Well, I’ve changed a whole lot of diapers and prepped a whole lot of baby food in the past couple of weeks. It’s exciting.”

“Beats following a hockey player all over the country,” I say.

“Ugh.” Jenn rolls her eyes. “I’d travel with Aiden if I could. It gets old going to bed alone. No vibrator compares to him.”

“I used to think that, too,” Elena says. “Now I just enjoy the extra sleep.”

“We need all the details on the practice date,” Jenn says, back on the subject of me and Dane.

I can’t get out of it, so I answer every question they ask me. I leave out the part about our almost-kiss though, because I still haven’t sorted out my feelings on it.

I wanted him to kiss me. I know it’s a terrible idea and will likely end with me getting hurt, but the one thing I’m not at all confused about is that I’m very attracted to Dane.

And now that I know he’s attracted to me, too, the only thing keeping us apart is my fading willpower.

“There she is!”Dane cries when I walk into Jenn and Aiden’s house a few hours later. “My bodyguard’s here to carry me home.”

He’s trashed. I can tell from his slurred words and the way he’s about to fall off the barstool he’s sitting on.

“We got in the hot tub,” he says merrily. “There were no hot chicks in there, just a bunch of dudes. Zero stars, do not recommend.”

I quit drinking halfway through my second drink, and we shopped for a couple of hours before taking an Uber home, so I’m completely sober.

“Are you ready to go home?” I ask him.

“Hell no!” Aiden walks over and puts an arm around Dane. “The party’s just getting started!”

It’s cool outside, but Jenn and Aiden have outdoor heaters on their patio. A few guys are still in the oversized hot tub.

“Put on your suit,” Dane says to me. “I want to get in the hot tub with a hot chick.”

“I don’t have a swimsuit.”

“You can borrow mine,” he offers, sliding off the barstool and stumbling.

Lucas puts an arm out to stabilize him and Dane scowls.

“I’m fine,” he says sharply. “Just need to get these off.”

He starts to pull down his swim trunks and I rush forward to stop him, trying to pull the waistband back up.

“Oh, you want to do this right here?” He grins.

“Pull your trunks back up.”

“I’m gonna...borrow ’em to you.”

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