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Looks like they enjoyed the free bar too.
“We’re both staying here.” I cross my arms over my chest. “Why?”
“I’ll go and find her so she can take you to your room.” His eyes darken, and he steps past me.
“Excuse me?” I spin, the movement making me wobble again. Who does he think he is? “I can find my own room, you know,” I snap at his back. His black hair curls a little over the collar of his jacket, silky and shining underneath the lights.
“You all right there?” one of the businessmen who passed us pipes up. “We can help you find your room if you need?”
“We’re heading up to ours now,” his friend adds as he reaches out and stops the elevator door from closing so that I canjoin them.
I smile gratefully but don’t move. I’m not stupid. Like I’d get into an elevator with two drunk men. “Oh. Thank you. But—”
“Fuck off,” a deep voice barks as a strong arm encircles my waist and pulls me protectively against a solid, muscular side. “She’s with me.”
The businessman shrugs, muttering under his breath, and lets go of the elevator doors.
“Assholes.” Drew glares as the doors slide shut. I tip my head back to gaze up at him. Even with my heels, he’s taller.
His thick neck contracts on a swallow as he looks back toward the ballroom doors like he’s trying to decide something.
“Come on.” His hand wraps around my hip as he steers us toward the elevators and presses the call button. “I’ll make sure you get to your room and then come and tell your friend.”
“I don’t need taking care of,” I argue, still pressed against his side, because my heels are ridiculously high and making me unsteady on my feet.
“Believe me, Sophie. If I were taking care of you, you’d know about it.”
His words send an unexpected shiver running through me. His face gives nothing away. No hint of amusement or emotion of any kind. Even though that sounded a lot like flirting.
His jaw tenses, and I look away with a huff. I don’t care what’s crawled up his ass to make him so moody suddenly.
We ride the rest of the way in silence, and he helps me along the corridor of my floor. I fumble in my purse for my keycard when we reach my door, tutting when I can’t find it.
“Let me.” Drew takes my purse and pulls the card straight out, pressing it to the sensor and opening the door, all in under two seconds.
“How did you—?” I stare at my purse, puzzled.
“It had slipped down behind your ex’s balls.”
His lips twitch as I meet his eyes. “Oh,” I mumble.
I walk into the room, stepping out of my shoes, then frowning as I keep swaying and stumbling despite ridding myself of them. Maybe I did have a little too much to drink.
My shoulder bounces off one wall and a tiny yelp escapes my lips. I stagger on, my bed screaming out to me like a giant, fluffy cloud of comfort across the room.
There’s a click behind me as the door closes, and then my feet leave the floor as I’m swept up and held against something solid.
“Easy there. Let’s get you to bed.” Drew’s voice rumbles in his chest as I rest my spinning head against it.
He sets me gently on the bed and then starts to move back, a frown marring his handsome face. I don’t know what makes me do it, but I grab the back of his neck and arch up from the bed, capturing his mouth in a desperate, fumbled kiss.
There’s a sharp hiss as he sucks in a surprised breath, and I take it as further invitation to pull him closer, trying to kiss him again as I drop one hand to the waistband of his pants.
“Let’s have sex,” I purr. Although it comes out slurred and even I can tell it sounds more likeShex.Let’s have shex.What a chat-up line.
I tear the zipper down at the back of my dress, shrugging it clumsily from my shoulders. Then I pull at his waistband again, huffing in frustration as he moves his head back and I can no longer reach his lips with mine.
“Mr. Harper,” I whine, “do you still want me?” The room sways around me, but I ignore it, searching for his blue eyes instead. “Or am I wrong about that too?” I sigh hopelessly, finally finding cool blue and clinging on to it as the rest of the world around it blurs. “Did I get it all wrong?” I ask, losing myself in his intense gaze.
