Page 27 of Friends With Benefits

Letting her eyes move around, she spotted Mitch on the dance floor. With Laurel.

Well. Mitch and Laurel were friends, too. It was totally okay if they danced together. She forced herself not to look at them. What did she care if two of her friends danced together?

After the slow dance, she excused herself from Paul. She really wasn’t interested in him, and she didn’t want to give him the wrong idea. With a smile and thanks, she returned to the table and the full glass of wine that had appeared there while she was dancing.

She gulped back some of the drink, unable to stop her eyes from seeking and finding Mitch and Laurel still dancing. She forced herself to join in the conversation between Hailey, Miguel and his best man, Jason. Moments later, Mitch and Laurel returned and joined in too.

“Are you mad that we came here?” Miguel asked his fiancée.

She laughed. “Of course not.” She put her arms around his neck and kissed his mouth. “I love it that you’re here.”

Mitch shot a glance at Kerri and she shifted in her seat.

Chapter Eleven

Mitch leaned over to Kerri. “Something wrong? Didn’t things go well with Liam?”

She smiled tightly. “Things went fine, actually. We’re going out for dinner.”

“Great,” he lied. “He’s a pretty interesting guy, isn’t he?”

“Do you guys remember Liam from college?” he asked the others. “Liam Moffatt.”

“Hey, I remember him,” Hailey said. “I was pretty hot for him in our last year.” Miguel frowned. “He was in one of my classes. Then he disappeared.”

“He’s been working in the Middle East,” Mitch told them. “Kerri’s going out with him.”

“Get out of here!” Hailey exclaimed. “That was fast.”

Kerri nodded and smiled.

“Thanks to me,” Mitch added. Kerri scowled.

Man, she was in a bitchy mood tonight. What was her problem? Or, maybe he didn’t want to think too much about that. Hey, he’d said they’d pretend like it never happened. He was holding up his end, but she apparently had issues with it.

“Yup, Kerri can’t get her own dates, so I’ve been helping her out.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, regret sliced through him. When he saw the hurt expression on her face, he really regretted it. But it was too late.

“Shut up,” she hissed.

But Laurel heard and picked up on it. “You’re fixing her up with guys? Hey, why not me? I need a man, too.”

“Oh, come on.” Mitch smiled at Laurel. “You don’t need any help.”

Laurel smiled back at him. Kerri sat beside him fuming. Damn, everything he said made it worse.

“Do you mind?” she said to him in a low voice.

He looked at her. Yeah, he was sorry, but no way was he saying so.

“Hey, I’ve got a new one,” Kerri said, louder. “What’s the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead lawyer in the road?”

Everyone waited expectantly.

“Skid marks in front of the dog!”

They all laughed, just buzzed enough that the bad joke was hilarious. Mitch smiled wryly.

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