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East lifted his head, shooting Travis a glare. “Fuck off before you kill his buzz.”
I couldn’t see Travis’s reaction, since I was still sucking down the alcohol—and starting to feel a nice buzz—but he’d backed away.
“Is that Preston doing a Mind Eraser?” Gavin said, surprise in his voice.
Mind Eraser.That was perfect for what I was trying to do. Was there anything called a Text Eraser? ’Cause I wanted one of those too.
Fuckingmistake, my ass.
East and I finished off the drink, and his lips quirked as I took in a deep breath. Already my head felt a little lighter. It was a welcome feeling, one I wanted more of.
“What’s next?” I shouted over the DJ talking at the start of the next song.
“Now we dance.” When East waggled his brows, I shook my head.
“You know I don’t like to dance.”
“I think you’ll find that, after all those drinks, you do.”
He curled his fingers into the waist of my pants and walked backward, pulling me into the center of the VIP’s dance floor, and I was too weightless to protest. At some point he took off his jacket, leaving him in a fitted black vest over a white collared shirt, and I understood why. The air was thick and hot and stifling, and wearing both a long-sleeved shirt and a sweater over it was making my skin boil.
I pulled the sweater up over my head and tossed it in Travis’s direction, ignoring the way he stared at me like I’d lost my mind.
I hadn’t lost it. At least, not yet.
This, all of it,you, was a mistake…
Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath in through my nose and tried to forget. That would be easy enough with the music up so loud it should be able to drown out my thoughts.
A pair of hands landed on either side of my hips, and my eyes shot open to see East grinning in that immoral way he had about him.
“I know you’re straight, but for fuck’s sake, you’ve got to learn how to move your hips,” he shouted.
It was on the tip of my tongue to refute his words, to spill my secrets, but I was having difficulty forming a coherent sentence. Instead, I focused on the music and letting my body move along with it, barely noticing when East dropped his hands from me.
I was in my own world, the alcohol loosening my usual inhibitions and allowing me to justfeel.The beat throbbed through me as I moved in amongst the throng of people all bumping and grinding. As I turned to see who had moved in behind me, I spotted Travis.
He grabbed my arm and tugged me in close.“What’s going on with you?” he shouted by my ear.
I jerked my arm free, shaking my head. “Nothing.”
“Bullshit.” He reached for me again, and when I went to bat his hand away, he took hold of it and began to lead me off the dance floor.
Fucking hell. The one night I wanted Travis to be Travis, and instead he was acting like my goddamn mother.
“What are you doing?” I tore my hand from his the second we were clear of the crowd, and Travis rounded on me so fast I stumbled back a step.
“Saving your ass.”
I screwed my nose up and scoffed. “From what? Bad dancing?”
“From your fucking self, is what.” Travis’s jaw bunched as he looked me over. “When was the last time you ever got drunk with the guys?”
“Um, never.”
“Exactly. And why is that?”
Because I had too many secrets that might come spilling out if my tongue got loose. One extra, if I counted my recent dumbass “mistake.” But I wasn’t counting that, so fuck him.
