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I clear my throat. “You could say that.”

We all get into our cars and head toward Spanky’s. I think about Bella and what her reaction will be when I walkinto Spanky’s tonight. We haven’t seen each other since the night we hooked up. I don’t even know if she’ll be happy to see me.

I smile to myself. I can just picture her rolling those bright golden eyes the second she sees me. I picture the corner of her lush mouth quirking up the slightest bit, like she’s fighting a smile.

Excitement flares up inside of me. I can’t wait to see her.

Chapter 12

Bella

“You’re glowing.”

I frown at my best friend’s out-of-the-blue comment. “Um, what?”

“Your skin is seriously glowing.” Lauren narrows her gaze at me like she’s studying me.

“Oh. Thanks.” I grab her empty glass of club soda and refill it, then grab a washcloth and wipe down the bartop.

“You look…happier since the last time I saw you,” she says.

“Really?”

My best friend nods as she sips her drink.

“It hasn’t been that long since we’ve seen each other, just a few days,” I say.

She squints at me, then leans in closer to me over the bar top. “Have you had sex?” she whispers.

I almost drop my washcloth and gawk at her. “How the hell did you know that?”

She flashes a smug smile and swipes her blonde hair over her shoulder. “Pregnancy has given me a sixth senseabout this sort of thing. Plus, you have that just-fucked glow in your skin.”

Heat flashes up my cheeks. I sigh. “Okay, well, technically, you’re wrong. I didn’t have full-on sex. But I did fool around.”

Her eyebrow quirks up. “Details. Now.”

I let out a breath and do a quick scan of the customers at the bar to make sure no one needs a refill or is waiting for their check.

“Okay, so you know my neighbor?” I say to Lauren, my tone soft so no one else hears me.

“Yeah. The hot hockey player.” Her eyes go wide. “You fooled around with him?”

I bite my lip. “Yeah.”

Her blue eyes look like they’re about to pop out of her head. “But I thought you hated him. And your rule. After Matt, you said you weren’t ever going to be with another hockey player again, ever.”

I work my bottom lip in my teeth. “Um, well. It turns out we have incredible physical chemistry.”

Lauren blinks. The look on her face shifts from shocked to intrigued. “How incredible?”

“Really, really incredible.” My entire body starts to heat thinking about my hookup with Braden. We didn’t even have sex, and it was one of the hottest moments of my life.

I think back to the way he pulled me onto his lap to straddle him, how hard he got when I was grinding on his dick.

How bossy he was. All the filthy things he said to me. The way he taunted me the more turned on I got. How turned on he was when I acted all stubborn and bratty.

You’re a little fucking brat, aren’t you?

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