Page 67 of The Wrong Date Deal

Piper shook the comment off, lingering on the idea of Friday happening at all. “What if she cancels?”

“Why would she do that?”

“Because… she might.”

“Because of whatever happened tonight?” Her eyes gleamed. “Wait. Did you actually sleep together tonight?”

“No! No. We did not.”

Everything about her expression and her body language was suspicious. “But you almost did?”

“Eh…” Piper bit her cheek briefly. “No?”

“That’s a question, not a statement.” She was far too excited.

“Is it?”

“Yes. And you’re being evasive. Tell me how you almost slept together.”

“I don’tknowthat we did.”

“Piper,” she sighed. “You’re being frustrating. Spill it out. You’ll feel better once you do. It’s literally why you’re here.”

Piper sighed. It wasexactlywhy she was there. Why did it still have to be so difficult? “She was on a date. It wasn’t going well.”

“Is she okay?”

“Yeah, yeah, she’s totally fine. The…chemistryjust wasn’t there, I guess.”

Shea laughed. “Cool. Where was the date?”

“Um… That dance studio on 59th?”

Shea’s expression flashed in a way Piper didn’t understand. “Rumba class?”

She narrowed her eyes. “How could you possibly know that?”

“Pipes, come on. I enjoy sex and lots of it. You think I haven’t met most other women on dating apps around here who are looking for the same thing?”

Piper scrubbed a hand over her face. “You’ve had sex with the person August was on a date with tonight.”

“Yeah,” she said, bright and straightforward. “She’s great in bed, actually. But you know what they say about dancing and sex.”

“I know whatyousay about it.”

“Mm. Exactly. But, I’m guessing August didn’t sleep with her. Mostly because she wants to sleep with you.”

“We don’t know that.”

“Pretty sure we do.”

“That’s beside the point.” Piper cleared her throat. “I met up with her after the class. We went back to her place. And we… danced together.”

“You’re not sixteen, so I’m assuming that’s not a euphemism?”

Piper breathed a laugh. “It is not.”

She grinned, slightly suggestively. “The rumba’s a pretty sexy dance.”

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