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guy who was standing next to him and then turned to a leggy strawberry blonde who was seated on the couch on his other side. He laughed at something she said and then reached out to catch a girl with short platinum blond hair who tripped over someone on the floor as she went to walk by him. She’d almost landed in his lap and he smiled as he pushed the woman away and then brushed something she’d spilled on him off of his pant leg.
At his smile, the platinum blonde came closer and wrapped an arm around his shoulders as she laughed. Kate hoped she was apologizing and she willed her to get her hands off of her boyfriend.
To his credit, Jason continued to smile, but then very politely removed the girls arm and once again pushed her away.
Kate took a deep, stabilizing breath and then prepared to foray through the horde to reach him. She’d only raised her foot to step when another blonde girl approached Jason and offered him some little finger food from the small paper plate she had in her hand. Jason accepted with a smile and Kate felt the knot in her stomach turn over as the girl laughingly fed what him ever it was she was offering and then leaned in close to him with a sultry smile to wipe a bit of it off of his mouth.
Just as the blonde touched Jason’s mouth, a man who had been standing beside Kate watching the video turned to her and gave her an appraising look up and down that under the circumstances, she hardly even noticed. He asked her something, but with the noise and her focus across the room, she didn’t hear him. She absent mindedly tipped her head to him and said, “Excuse me. What was that?”
He was starting to say it again when the girl across the room fed Jason another bite and Kate made a sudden decision to leave. She didn’t belong here. And apparently Jason wasn’t having the lonely night Kate had worried about.
To be polite, she tried one more time to tip her head to hear the man beside her and then instinctively smiled as Cody rounded the corner beside her with a roll of paper towel. He gave her a surprised grin. “Hey, Kate! I didn’t know y’all were here. Make yourself at home.” He waved the paper towel. “I gotta go, -bean dip on my couch.”
He waded back into the crowd and Kate gave the man beside her a tight smile and turned for the door. She still hadn’t heard what the guy was trying to tell her.
When Cody’s door shut behind her, she woodenly walked to her car out on the curb. Even from there she could hear the music. It was Jason, singing her song.
On auto pilot, she climbed into her car and started it up. Country music came on and without thinking, she pressed the button on her steering wheel to turn it off. She pulled away from the curb and had driven who knew how many miles before she gave a thought to where she was going. Giving a tired sigh, she realized she had no idea where she was, not that it made much difference.
With another sigh, she ruefully thought, not only that, but I have no idea where I’m going either. In my car, or in my life . For that matter, she didn’t even know who her best friend was. The man she’d lived beside for almost twenty years now. Well, not twenty. He’d moved to his own nearby apartment a few years ago. But his parents still lived next door, and he was just a couple blocks away.
A couple blocks and a million miles. She thought back to the way he’d been dancing on that screen tonight. Was it really as bad as it had seemed at the time? It had definitely been suggestive. Just thinking about how good he had looked made her stomach do flip flops again. Yeah, it had been over the top. Sensual as all get out, but definitely over the top.
Her thoughts went from the dancing to the way he was with the other women around him. He hadn’t really done anything that bad. And he hadn’t been the one making the first moves, but Kate hadn’t been able to stand there and watch him literally eat out of another woman’s hand. She pulled on
At his smile, the platinum blonde came closer and wrapped an arm around his shoulders as she laughed. Kate hoped she was apologizing and she willed her to get her hands off of her boyfriend.
To his credit, Jason continued to smile, but then very politely removed the girls arm and once again pushed her away.
Kate took a deep, stabilizing breath and then prepared to foray through the horde to reach him. She’d only raised her foot to step when another blonde girl approached Jason and offered him some little finger food from the small paper plate she had in her hand. Jason accepted with a smile and Kate felt the knot in her stomach turn over as the girl laughingly fed what him ever it was she was offering and then leaned in close to him with a sultry smile to wipe a bit of it off of his mouth.
Just as the blonde touched Jason’s mouth, a man who had been standing beside Kate watching the video turned to her and gave her an appraising look up and down that under the circumstances, she hardly even noticed. He asked her something, but with the noise and her focus across the room, she didn’t hear him. She absent mindedly tipped her head to him and said, “Excuse me. What was that?”
He was starting to say it again when the girl across the room fed Jason another bite and Kate made a sudden decision to leave. She didn’t belong here. And apparently Jason wasn’t having the lonely night Kate had worried about.
To be polite, she tried one more time to tip her head to hear the man beside her and then instinctively smiled as Cody rounded the corner beside her with a roll of paper towel. He gave her a surprised grin. “Hey, Kate! I didn’t know y’all were here. Make yourself at home.” He waved the paper towel. “I gotta go, -bean dip on my couch.”
He waded back into the crowd and Kate gave the man beside her a tight smile and turned for the door. She still hadn’t heard what the guy was trying to tell her.
When Cody’s door shut behind her, she woodenly walked to her car out on the curb. Even from there she could hear the music. It was Jason, singing her song.
On auto pilot, she climbed into her car and started it up. Country music came on and without thinking, she pressed the button on her steering wheel to turn it off. She pulled away from the curb and had driven who knew how many miles before she gave a thought to where she was going. Giving a tired sigh, she realized she had no idea where she was, not that it made much difference.
With another sigh, she ruefully thought, not only that, but I have no idea where I’m going either. In my car, or in my life . For that matter, she didn’t even know who her best friend was. The man she’d lived beside for almost twenty years now. Well, not twenty. He’d moved to his own nearby apartment a few years ago. But his parents still lived next door, and he was just a couple blocks away.
A couple blocks and a million miles. She thought back to the way he’d been dancing on that screen tonight. Was it really as bad as it had seemed at the time? It had definitely been suggestive. Just thinking about how good he had looked made her stomach do flip flops again. Yeah, it had been over the top. Sensual as all get out, but definitely over the top.
Her thoughts went from the dancing to the way he was with the other women around him. He hadn’t really done anything that bad. And he hadn’t been the one making the first moves, but Kate hadn’t been able to stand there and watch him literally eat out of another woman’s hand. She pulled on
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