Page 53 of You Kissed Me First

I growl, pulling away to glance over my shoulder. I see Barrett retreating and want to go after him, but Katie pulls my face back.

“He’s jealous. You have what he will never have again. Let it go,” she tells me.

I don’t want to, but I do. Instead I focus back on her.

“How about this? I’m going to get you a drink and then I’m going to go back out on the dance floor with my sister while you and Grant sit here and watch our every move. Then maybe by the end of the night I might be willing to let you slip into bed with me.” She winks when she finishes speaking.

I chuckle. “I can get myself a beer, baby doll. I want you to have fun. Pretend I’m not here. I mean, unless you want a man pressed against you, then I’m the only one here.”

She shakes her head, turning to Nessa. Nessa hands her another shot, which she takes quickly.

“Let’s dance,” she yells at Nessa, grabbing her arm to pull her away.

I lean against the bar next to Grant.

“They are crazy.” Grant doesn’t take his eyes off of Nessa.

My eyes stay glued to Katie. “Yet we love them anyway.”

I don’t even think about my words until Grant turns to me. “Love?”

I clear my throat. “You know what I mean. Women in general. We love them even though every single one of them is crazy. Yet we find one that we can manage their crazy and settle. Like you did with Nessa.”

He smiles. “Like you’re doing with Katie?”

I scoff. “It’s not like that. She’s a great girl. The marrying type, but I’m not sure I’m the right type for her.”

He shakes his head. “Why? You’re not as bad as you make yourself out to be.”

“I’m the bachelor of our group. I don’t date and for good reason.”

I’m bluffing and he knows it. A woman like Katie is the reason I don’t date because I’ve been waiting on her.

“Katie isn’t like other women.”

Don’t I know it. The problem is if I open myself up to her too much, she will have the power to break me.

“No, she’s not,” I manage to say, taking a sip of my beer.

I see a man moving closer to the girls, so I turn to Grant. “Seems our territory is being encroached on.”

He eyes the two men getting closer and sets his drink down as well. As a pair, we move in and protect our women.

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“Where are you taking me,Dom Dom?”

I snort. “Dom Dom? What is that?”

I should have cut her off sooner, but she kept drinking with her sister and I didn’t want to ruin that fun.

That is until they closed the club down. Now, Katie is stumbling as I keep her pulled tight against me. She’s no longer tipsy. She’s drunk.

That much is evident by the way she is slurring her words and the fact that she is walking with her eyes closed. I’m the only thing keeping her from running into anything.

Oh, and I’m carrying her shoes. I know if she were sober, she would not dare walk on these floors barefoot. She had told me before she couldn’t imagine the amount of germs that lived in the carpet.

“It’s your name. Did you forget your name?” she mumbles.

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