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Ariana nearly spit, caught herself, and just barely managed to swallow. Then she laughed, long and hard, before punching me in the arm.
“You asshole, you almost ruined your new rug!”
She pointed downward. I followed her gaze.
“And how do you know that rug is new?”
“Because I was with you when you picked it out, remember?”
I took my own sip, trying not to wince at the obvious bitterness. In the end, I failed miserably.
“This is bad, isn’t it?”
“God awful,” Ariana agreed.
“Here, then. Give me that.”
She chuckled as I poured out both glasses, then fired the bottle straight into the garbage. After a little rummaging around, I found what I was looking for: a half-full bottle of Kentucky bourbon. I held it up.
“Better?”
My date smiled. “If it gets the taste out of my mouth, yes.”
I poured into tumblers this time, of which I had an overabundance. We clinked in silence, toasting nothing in particular as we lifted our glasses together — all while staring out through the window over my very limited view of the city.
“Thanks for tonight,” said Ariana. “It was fun.”
“Was?”
“Still is, I guess,” she corrected herself. “As far as dates go, this was the most comfortable, no-pressure one I’ve had in years.”
I watched as she tilted her glass back, taking slow sips of the warm amber liquid. I wasn’t used to seeing her with her hair down, and I noticed it had gotten long. It went well past shoulder length now, the chestnut tips curling up against the surface of her big, beautiful breasts.
Our date had been a whirlwind of rides and games, culminating in a leisurely walk along the edge of the waterfront. We’d eaten the most ridiculous burgers, and shared a giant milkshake. At dusk we’d climbed aboard the Ferris wheel at pier 56 and watched the sky go from gorgeous cerulean to a deep, midnight blue, as the lights of the city lay spread out beneath us, flickering like colorful jewels.
Through it all there’d been the usual undeniable chemistry, and as always we’d tried to ignore it. But tonight… well, tonight was different. Tonight Ariana and I were on a ‘date.’ For that reason alone it was somehow okay if our bodies kept grazing against one another, or that when she finally spooned into me, I could slide my arms so tightly around her I could feel every last one of her troubles melting away.
It was liberating as hell, not having to pretend that I didn’t notice the sway of those shapely, feminine hips. I could stare without guilt into those emerald green eyes, and let my own gaze linger was much as I wanted to on that perfectly-shaped, bubble-butt.
Hour by hour she looked more delicious in the outfit she’d worn for me. With each passing moment—
The slam of a car door down in the alleyway snapped me back to reality. I shook my head clear.
“Holy shit, it’s Friday! What time is it?”
Ariana looked confused as she pulled out her phone. “Eight-thirty. Why?”
“Quick, come here.”
I ushered her over to the far corner of the window, right up against the glass. With one hand still on her hip I pointed downward.
“See that white Infinity? Middle of the alley?”
Ariana squinted into the shadows. “Yeah. So?”
“Watch.”
I clicked the lights off behind me, so we could get a better view. As our eyes adjusted, the man who’d left his black sedan to climb into the white Infinity was also climbing onto something else. Or rather, someone else.
