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Or that could’ve been because she was there with West.
“California,” he said softly, and she got his meaning without an explanation.
“California,” she echoed, knowing full well where Warning Sign was based. She’d done enough research on that to be able to recite West’s scant online bio.
She moved closer and hooked her fingers in the belt loops of his jeans. “So you won. What’s your prize?”
Saying nothing, he picked up the pizza box and her jacket and tugged her over to the bowling lanes. “Pretty sure I already found it,” he said against her hair. “I always liked Cracker Jacks.”
“Oh, so I’m your toy in the box?”
“No, but your box might be my toy.” He waggled his brows.
“Dirty.” She laughed and sat down in one of the circular booths near the lane on the end. Most of them were occupied by college students and people out on dates. Everyone was laughing and having a good time, and the DJ in the corner was spinning tunes from just about every decade. “So I don’t know how to bowl. Just throw the ball and hope for the best?”
Slowly, he shook his head. “Oh, the schooling you’re about to get. What size shoe you need? I’ll go get them.”
“Ten.” She shrugged at his cocked head. “Dainty girl. What can I say?”
“You look built just right to me. Be right back.”
He returned with two pairs of shoes a couple minutes later and sat down beside her to put his on. “I’ll go first. Show you how it’s done.” He stood and picked up a bright pink bowling ball, fitting his fingers in the holes. “After I take my turn, I’ll explain some of the finer points.”
“‘Kay.” She batted her lashes at him. “Go get ‘em, big boy.”
His grin was pure lethal destruction. “The lady doth know of whence she speaks.”
He took his spot at the
end of the lane, lined up his shot, and let the ball go with a roll of his arm that was impressive. Equally impressive when he took out all pins but two and his score registered on the screen. He got another chance to knock down his remaining pins and took out one.
“Yay! Great job.” She popped to her feet and grabbed her own ball out of the carousel. The shoes were pinching her toes, but she was focused on mirroring what she’d seen.
“Okay, so what you’re going to want to do is—”
She breezed past him and let her ball fly with no technique whatsoever. It careened wildly down the lane, somehow managing to take out all ten pins in one shot. As the words perfect ten flashed on the screen, she turned back to him and closed his gaping lips with her fingers.
“Like that?” she asked sweetly.
“Damn, can’t you pretend to lose like every other woman I’ve bowled with?”
She thought it over for a minute. “Nope.”
“Good.” He grinned and tipped up her chin for a quick kiss. “Now stand back and watch a master at work.”
She stepped back and cocked her head as he bent into his shot. Baggy jeans were no match for his full body swing.
Supremely perfect butt achievement unlocked.
“Oh, I am,” she murmured.
Chapter Six
If someone had told her she’d get to spend an evening with a rockstar, she definitely wouldn’t have figured they’d close down the bowling alley.
“So now what?” Lauren asked, clutching her large, color-changing plastic travel cup with Cosmic Rama splashed on the side.
Along with being sweet and sexy, West liked buying her things. He didn’t even think twice about spending money on her. Granted, he probably had some cash to spare, but he wasn’t Mick Jagger, and she wasn’t anything more than a passing fancy in his life.
