Page 28 of Mr. Arrogant

There was a certain pain in her heart that appeared which she tried to ignore. She had her doubts on whether or not she had made the right decision. Those nights she’d had with Jaxon would forever be burned in her memory.

“Tell me about him,” Alana asked softly.

“Well, he was very handsome and so sexy. We met at one of the bars one night when I had decided to go out for a drink. All the women were eying him, but he kept staring at me.” She embellished the story of the night Jaxon was at the bar smoking a cigar and the three women trying to get his attention.

Alana’s eyes grew even wider while she listened to Sofie’s story.

“You skank!” Alana gasped. She shoved Sofie with her elbow. “So you slept with him the first night y’all met?”

“It was so worth it,” Sofie murmured, remembering their first time as if it were yesterday. She had never been one for public sexual display, but there was something about Jaxon that had her falling to her knees. “That man had me begging for him to touch me.”

“And you’re sure it’s over between the two of you?” Alana asked.

“Yeah. It is.” Sofie blew out a deep breath. She offered a smile and motioned to her phone. “But I’ll be okay as soon as I find another Mr. Right. Maybe it’s time for me to have a ho phase.”

“Speaking of ho, my brother-in-law arrived while we were gone, and he’s three sheets to the wind drunk.” Alana shook her head.

“What?” She hadn’t realized that Jaxon was in the house when she had walked through it. The place had been quiet aside from the workers trying to get the house ready for the party. London hadn’t looked as if he was pissed off when she’d spoken with him.

“London laid into him for showing up still hungover from whatever party he was at last night.” Alana swiped her finger on her screen. She shook her head and sighed. “I told London I didn’t think they should put things like this on social media.”

She held up her phone for Sofie to review it. Sofie took it from her. The pounding in her heart echoed in her ears. She bit her lip and stared at the pictures of Jaxon and guys from the office out at some club. She hadn’t seen Jaxon in a few weeks and had even blocked him from hers so she wouldn’t be tempted to stalk from afar.

But the photos she gazed upon revealed that he had indeed moved on from her. There was a beautiful woman attached to his side who barely had clothes on. His arm was around her, and they looked as if they were real cozy.

“Is that his girlfriend?” she asked. Her throat tightened as the question spilled from her lips. His crooked grin, mussed hair that looked as if someone had run their fingers through it, and familiar cigar in his hand, brought about a pain in her chest that she was unfamiliar with.

“Girlfriend? Probably some chick he hooked up with last night.” Alana snickered. She took her phone back and closed the app. She pushed off the stairs and stood. “Come on. You can help me pick out which dress I’m going to wear. I have two that I couldn’t decide on, and I need your expertise.”

Sofie stood and followed her friend around the house. If she had her doubts on whether or not she had made a mistake in shutting things down with Jaxon, she’d got her answer.

London had gone all out for Alana’s birthday party. Her friend deserved to have someone so devoted to her. Sofie hadn’t seen her so happy. She couldn’t wait for the day she found a man who loved her just as much as London loved Alana.

Sofie grabbed her champagne glass and stood from her table. The party was in full swing, and the dance floor was packed with people line dancing to a classic song.

“You’re not going to go out there and cut a rug?” Larry Keith asked.

She had the pleasure of sitting at the table with the Keith brothers’ parents and her family. Alana had practically been adopted by Sofie’s family.

Sofie glanced back at the crowd and saw her parents in the middle of everyone having fun. Her brother, Joey, had disappeared a while ago with a few of Alana’s cousins. Tonight’s soiree was like a mini family reunion. The record changedto an upbeat country song, and people paired off, enjoying themselves.

“I don’t know this song.” She chuckled. She drained her glass and placed it on the table.

“This is a goody,” Larry said. He pushed back from the table leaned over and dropped a kiss to his wife’s forehead. “Be back, honey. I’m going to show Sofie here how we do it down South.”

“You can’t run from him, my dear. He loves to dance.” Donna Keith laughed. She had Chance resting on her shoulder, patting him on his back. The couple was wonderful and kept everyone laughing with stories of London’s and Jaxon’s younger days. Apparently, the boys kept them busy. “Go have fun, my dear.”

“I’m not the best dancer,” Sofie lied.

Larry snorted and took Sofie by the hand and led her to the designated dance floor. The elder Keith certainly had moves. Sofie was impressed with him. Larry kept her laughing. He twirled her around, and Sofie barked a hefty laugh. She soon found herself clapping along with everyone as the DJ spun another upbeat party country song. Larry guided her by hand in turns and shuffling to go along with everyone else who seemed to know the dance that went with the song.

“See, there’s nothing to it,” Larry said.

There was a twinkle in his gray eyes that were so similar to his sons’. His charm rivaled the twins’, and Sofie now knew where they got their swag and personality from.

“You’re a good teacher.” She giggled. She felt as if someone were watching her. She glanced over at Donna who was standing, dancing in place with Chance. She scanned the area and didn’t see anyone staring at them.

Sofie’s gaze landed on the person standing behind Larry. Her smile slowly faded as she met his heated gray eyes.

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