look while I was looking—Bia and Gabi did that all the time when they were younger. So fucking annoying.
The three of them kept talking, and then the other two were pushing the first one away. After a few more harsh words, she straightened and strutted my way. With a boldness I wouldn’t have guessed she had, the girl slid into the booth until she was only a foot away from me.
“Hi, there,” she said with a smile.
She was cute. Tanned skin, brown hair to her shoulders, with curled ends, and hazel eyes. I hadn’t stared at her before she sat down, but she had nice cleavage and a somewhat slender figure.
A good candidate to brighten my suddenly shitty night.
“Hello,” I said.
“I’m Rachel.” Her smile trembled. “I’m sorry for coming over like this, but my friends and I have a dare game going on, and well, they dared me to come over here.”
“I’m Gui.” I glanced at her friends. They were watching us like hawks. “Well, you came. You won the dare.”
She scrunched her nose. “Not quite.”
I raised an eyebrow. “Hmm, there’s more to the dare?” She nodded. “What is it?”
“I … well,” she stuttered, pressing her hands together. “I have to get you to kiss me.”
“I see. And what happens if you lose the dare?”
She sighed. “I have to finish their projects on our history class. It’s a huge project.”
I chuckled, but my laughter died as Rachel looked at me expectantly. Why was I even considering this? It was just a fucking kiss. I bet that if I wanted, I could have this girl take me home where we could do more than kissing. However, something made me hesitate.
Don’t be a fucking veado, Gui.
I settled my whiskey glass on the table and turned to her. I reached over, cupping her face, and leaned into her. She sighed as my mouth fell on hers. She parted her lips and let me in without hesitation. Yup, if I wanted, I could sleep with this girl. I explored her mouth, while my other hand explored her waist. I kissed her intently and deeply, and when I pulled back, for a brief second, I was shocked to be looking into hazel eyes—not green.
“There,” I said with a grin. “Now you won the dare.” I turned back to my drink and stared out at the dance floor.
The girl humphed then scurried away to her friends.
I felt bad for being such a freaking jerk to her, but I knew I would feel even worse if I had done more with her.
After a while, Ri, Lauren, Pedro, and Iris came back to the table to order more drinks and fries. And I simply stood, bid them good night, and left. I went straight home to my bed.
Chapter Five
The next morning, I woke up to a couple dozen missed calls and messages, all asking me where I was, if I was lost, if something had happened, until the last couple of message when it was obvious Hannah and Bia had figured out I had lied to them and went straight home. Still, they wanted me to call or text them as soon as possible. Thank goodness I had my phone programmed to not ring during the night so it wouldn’t disturb my sleep.
At 7:30 a.m., I sent a text to Hannah and Bia, though if they really went out last night, I was sure they wouldn’t see the messages until much later.
I stood in the middle of my closet, searching for something to wear. Why was it suddenly so difficult to find something to wear? Later I would have lunch with my mother and Hannah and a bunch of other women at the club. I never had a problem choosing a pretty dress to wear then. What was the problem now?
I huffed. The problem was I had a pit stop. Gui planned to show me an apartment in his building. I couldn’t wrap my mind around the fact that I was worried about what I would wear to meet him. It was ridiculous. Totally insane.
I shouldn’t and I wouldn’t care what he thought of my clothing.
In the end, I decided to forget I was going to meet him and chose a simple dress and sandals, as if I was just going to the club instead.
At 8:30 a.m., I left my house and drove all
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