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“Well, this might cheer you up,” Susie chimed in. She had that goofy grin on her face from too many long island iced teas, and the fact that she might know some secret that nobody else did. She was a good friend, but sometimes she could be a bit much.
“What’s that?” I asked.
“Lance Dows just walked into the club over there,” Susie said.
My mind instantly perked up at the mention of his name. I wasn’t sure why, but it sounded like music to my ears. I’d been thinking about him off and on since we met the other night. He was cute, sexy, and intriguing. It was the one thorn in my side that reminded me that in some very real way, Kayley might actually be right about something. I was lonely. But I didn’t feel like I needed to fix that right now. until I was in a better place in my own life.
I could tell I’d just jerked slightly at the mention of Lance’s name. I still had to play off that I was standing behind my previous rant. I meant every word of it, except where this guy was concerned.
I shrugged and went back to my drink. Susie seemed surprised. “Oh, don’t even pretend you don’t care. I saw the way you were checking him out the other night. After I told you who he was, I’ll bet you spent the evening looking him up on the internet.”
I laughed. She knew me too well, but I could never admit this to her. “I did no such thing,” I scoffed.
“Who’s that?” Kayley asked. I hadn’t really told her anything about this.
“Oh, our dear friend Kat here, met this great guy playing softball with us. She was standoffish with him, but there was definitely something going on. It’s Lance Dows. His father is richer than anybody. She would be a fool not to give this guy a chance. He was obviously interested.”
Kayley looked at me like I was crazy. “What the hell?” She was now checking out where Susie was pointing.
I followed her finger to where Lance was sauntering up to the bar to order a drink. He looked damn good, wearing a nice button up dark shirt, opened only halfway to show off his chest a bit, he was freshly shaved, and he was wearing nice pair of designer jeans that clung tightly to his ass.
I couldn’t stop staring, and I felt myself starting to bite my lip. Fuck, he was hot. I wanted a big piece of him. But I wasn’t sure he was the right type of guy. Susie was right. I had spent a good part of the evening checking him out online and I’d discovered he did have a sordid past. This should have turned me off, and it did to a certain extent, but it also made me crazy as well. I couldn’t help but feel tremendously attracted to this man.
I was afraid to get close to him or open myself up. If I did, then I might find myself in a relationship, which was the last place I wanted to be right now. Things were looking up already, based on the changes I was making, and I was afraid that this would take away from that. But what if I was wrong?
“Wow, that’s impressive,” Kayley said. “Did he ask you out?”
“Yes,” I replied. “Sort of. He gave me his number.”
“And you aren’t going to call him?”
“Nope.”
“Why the hell not? At least see what he’s about. You have nothing to lose by trying.”
I sighed. “I’m sure I don’t. But it’s my business. Can you guys worry about your own love lives and leave mine alone? Seriously. I didn’t come out here tonight to talk about this or meet any men.”
Susie and Kayley collectively rolled their eyes. It was almost like they were trying to vicariously live through me. Kayley had a boyfriend that was off and on. Susie kind of did, too, except it seemed to be a different guy every two months. They were great women, but I had a feeling they expected life to be as exciting as a romance novel and when it wasn’t, they dumped who they were with and moved on. I figured they’d both end up alone with a house full of cats one day.
“You might want to rethink the way you want this evening to go,” Susie said.
“Why is that?” I asked.
“Because Lance is coming over here,” she said.
I jerked my head instinctively, and I found myself staring right into the face of Lance Dows as he approached. He was standing over me now with that cocky, but sexy grin that drove me wild. It was all I could do to not stand up and start ripping his clothes off. He was delicious.
Come on Kat, play it cool.
“Hey, there,” Lance said.
“Hey,” I replied.
“I didn’t think I would run into you here,” he said.
“I didn’t anticipate running into you ever,” I replied with just enough attitude that it came off cute, but not totally bitchy.
He smiled easily. “Well, that’s not very nice, but ok. You must have accidentally lost my number.”
