His eyes held hers and she didn’t look away but hoped the candlelight hid her blush. “I have a membership but haven’t used it in ages. Shall we?”
“My curiosity is like a wildfire. Take me to this mysterious place and dance with me, Hayden.”
As he guided her from the restaurant, his thumb stroked over the exposed skin of her back. It sent a shiver up her spine and there was nothing remotely unpleasant about it.
It also didn’t make her feel guilty and that was something she’d been worried about. The lack of guilt might have something to do with a photo Shawn sent a few days before of all of them on the boat. He’d placed it in their ongoing group chat.
At the very edge, she could see Erick kissing a girl.
Chaz had immediately texted her privately to apologize and ask if she was alright. She responded that she was.
Amanda hadn’t been sure it was the truth until Hayden inspired a response that was very much not that of a platonic friend.