Page 7 of Fumbling in the Dark

I look toward the voice to see the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen burst into the bar. She has black curly hair thrown up into a bun that sits on the top of her head. Her dark skin glows against the light pink crop top that looks to have some kind of design on it, leading into a pair of curvy hips. All I can think about is getting my hands on her and how she would feel underneath them.

Taking her in, I watch as she has a look of panic on her face. Hmm…I wonder who she’s here to see?

She continues to rush through the bar, yelling, “Sorry, I’m late.” My eyes never leave her and that’s when I realize that she’s coming towards our table. Oh crap. Is she really coming toward our table? Suddenly, butterflies take off in my stomach.

Shit. Is this bombshell Sam’s friend? Said friend slides into the booth with me when she heaves her stuff on the table, trying to catch her breath. “Seriously, sorry I’m late. Work was crazy busy,” she says, somewhat out of breath. Logically, I know it’s because she ran in here, but my cock doesn’t seem to get the message because it thickens as I imagine her breathing on it.

“It’s okay. I was telling Shane here that you work at a flower shop,” Sam says to everyone at the table, as all eyes turn on me.

With everyone’s eyes on me, I can feel my neck and face heat up with embarrassment. Taking a gulp of my beer, I swallow, muttering, “Yeah. Sam told me.”

“Oh good. I’m glad I rushed over here as fast as I could because I thought you might be worried,” she says sarcastically, right as our waitress comes to our table.

Fuck, she’s perfect. I watch as the mystery woman next to me orders herself a margarita. As soon as the server leaves, she turns her full attention to me, and my whole body tenses.

“What is your name?” she asks.

“Uh…” I begin to stutter because suddenly, looking deep into her beautiful brown eyes, all thoughts have left me.Told you I was awkward.

“It’s Shane,” Kade informs her, giving me a look that tells me I need to get it together.

“Uh, yeah, Shane,” I repeat like the dumbass I am.

“Well, nice to meet you, Shane. I’m Janae but my friends call me Jay,” she says as she puts out a dainty hand.

I take hers into mine and a bolt of electricity runs up it, causing goosebumps to break out all over. “Nice to meet you, Janae,” I rumble out.

From the corner of my eyes, I can see Kade and Sam go back to making out, but I don’t care because I can’t take my eyes of the goddess in front of me.

“Are we not going to be friends? Because my friends call me Jay,” she tells me once again with a sharper tone.

This time I know exactly how I’m going to react, because her prickliness is making me want her even more. I pull her hand toward me, moving her body closer to me as I lean down and whisper in her ear, “No, I will not be calling you Jay, because we will never be friends. We’re going to be so much more, Janae.”

She lets out a gasp and her whole body shivers. My lips raise into a smirk, because I can tell that she liked my words. Whenshe releases my hand, I let her go, knowing I’m going to find a way to make her mine.

“Well, isn’t someone full of themselves?” she says as she turns away from me. Grabbing my beer, I take another sip trying to hide my growing smirk. This woman has completely captured my heart.

The waitress brings Janae’s margarita to the table, and she smiles at the waitress. “Thank you,” she says to her.

Another reason to be attracted to her—she’s polite to other people.Fuck. I’m done for. She takes a drink of her margarita, then picks up the complimentary nuts and throws them at her friend. “Sam, stop making out with this guy and tell me how your day was.”

Sam pulls back from Kade and wipes her lipstick off his lips, both of them smiling at each other like they know something the rest of us don’t. She puts her attention back on the woman sitting next to me. “Gosh Jay, you’re such a stick in the mud,” she says back to her.

“Better to be a stick in the mud than someone who kisses it all away,” Janae bounces back at her with a smile and I can’t help but be mesmerized.

“Well, now that you’re here…we’re going to head out,” Sam says as she grabs Kade’s arm pulling him to the edge of the booth.

“Wait, what?” Janae asks her furrowing her brows. “You said this was going to be a double date?”

“It is a double date. We had a drink and now we’re leaving,” Sam tells her.

Oh, it’s an option for them to leave? And I can have her all to myself?Yeah, let’s do that. My eyes go to Kade and I stare at him, hoping that he is getting the message that yes, in fact, Idowant them to leave.

Kade seems to get my message, because after a moment, his lips go up. “Yeah, let’s go, Sam,” he says while he begins to scoot across the seat.

Janae’s eyebrows shoot up and she shakes her head. “No, you can’t leave,” she says to Sam.

Sam seems to take it as a challenge because her eyes narrow at Janae when she mumbles, “I am leaving because I’m going to go back to Kade’s place and we’re going to fuck. I’ll see you in the morning.”

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