“Oh, I know.” I laughed, surprised at how carefree I felt. “Trust me, I know.”
“We all know,” Mila added and punched her brother in the shoulder.
“What are they even talking about?” Parker asked Ryker, who just shook his head.
“I have no clue.” He sipped on his beer and laughed. “But then, I never really have a clue.”
“So we’re going to go to ride some bulls?” Parker asked eagerly, and we all just looked at each other and burst out laughing. I looked over at Mila, who was studying my face, and I gave her a small nod. I was down to try her plan. I loved Parker. I wanted to get to know Parker better. And if this was the way to get into his life on a deeper level, I was going to take my chance. I was going to go big, and if it didn’t work out, I’d just go home.
Chapter 4
Parker
“So how about them bulls?”I chugged down the last of my beer and grinned at Ryker as he and Mila and Lara waited for me so we could leave the bar.
“How about ’em?” Ryker grinned at me and I lifted up my hand to high-five him. I saw Mila glaring at him from the corner of my eye, but I was too buzzed to care.
“That was frigging awesome,” I called out to the hot redhead who was walking past. She looked over at me with a big smile and licked her lips slowly, seductively. “You sure know how to ride those bulls,” I said again and winked at her.
“I know how to ride a lot of things.” She paused and ran her fingers down the valley between her breasts. “I like to ride.”
“Oh, really?” I said, about to take a step closer to her.
“Parker.” Mila’s voice was sharp. “Really?” she snapped at me and I glanced over at her. Her face was pissed and then I looked at Lara, who had turned away from me, and Ryker, whowas shaking his head slightly. I put my hands up in the air and laughed and then looked back at the sexy redhead.
“Well, have a good night riding.” I grinned at her. “I think we’re about to leave.”
“Pity,” the redhead said and sucked on one of her fingers. “We could have had some fun.” She tossed her hair and then walked away.
“Thanks for nothing, Mila.” I rolled my eyes at my sister and then looked at Lara, who was still avoiding my gaze. “Lara...” I said her name slowly. “Lara,” I said again, wanting her attention.
“Yes, Parker?” she said as she finally looked at me.
“Nothing.” I laughed. “Wanna get another drink?”
“No, I’m okay, thanks.”
“Come on.” I reached over and grabbed her hand. “Let’s get a drink and dance.”
“I think we’re all ready to go home now, Parker.” Ryker gave me one of his looks. I tried not to roll my eyes at him. Ever since he got serious with Mila, he’d started becoming more and more like my dad and had lost almost all of his fun.
“I’m not ready.” I shook my head. “Are you ready, Lara?”
“Kinda,” she said.
“Let’s go, Parker,” Mila said, frowning as she looked at me. “We’ve watched enough people riding bulls. I don’t think we need to watch people dancing now.”
“I don’t want to watch people dancing. I want to dance. With Lara.” I pulled her toward me and spun her around. “We can two-step, or salsa, or even bump ’n’ grind. I’m not picky.”
“You can’t even dance.” Mila rolled her eyes at me.
“I can dance when I’m drunk enough.” I started moving slowly and pulled Lara closer to me. She stumbled slightly against me and I held her close to me for a few seconds. “You okay?”
“Yeah.” She blinked up at me and grinned. “I’m fine.”
“Good,” I said softly, gazing down into her big beautiful brown eyes.
“So show me your dance moves, then,” she said softly, not moving back.
