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Not my cute outfits.
Not my makeup.
Not my bikinis.
Not even the guy I’d brought around him for the first time.
It was as if he was immune to anything related to me and the more I thought about it, the further it pissed me off.
“There’s Rob and Dave,” Daniel murmured in my ear, bringing my attention back to him. “They have booze. Let’s go over there with them.”
“My brother… You know what? Fuck it. Let’s go.” I called out Christian’s name. “We’re going to hang out with some friends who just got here, okay?”
“No—”
Kinley covered his mouth. “Okay. Have fun.”
I mouthed, “Thank you,” to her.
“Don’t go too far,” Christian called out behind us as we walked away.
“Babe! Just leave her alone. She’s a big girl.”
My eyes wandered toward Julian’s direction.
Did you hear what Kinley said? I’m a big girl!
Nope. He was still sucking face with the blonde.
Why even come to the rodeo if you’re not going to watch the show?
We made our way to Daniel’s friends, and I didn’t think twice about it, when he handed me the bottle of Jack, taking it down like a fucking champ. It burned all the way down my chest, warming my body in the process.
I wasn’t much of a drinker, but tonight would fix that.
One chug, three chugs, five chugs … shit, I’d lost count.
Giggling up a storm, I swayed my hips to the music Daniel was playing off his cell phone. Bringing the bottle up to my lips, I drank way more than I should have. Wanting to numb my thoughts of Julian and his indifference was the only remedy that seemed worthwhile.
I saw Daniel eyeing me over the rim of his bottle,staring at me with nothing but mischief in his eyes.
I wanted to forget.
And he was the perfect guy I could do that with. He was trouble in the best possible way.
My lips tingled, my face was on fire, and my body was numb.
Good.
It was the first time in forever I’d felt so carefree, throwing my head back and laughing, enjoying the way he made me feel. We exchanged flirty banter, dancing close together to the music. My head was spinning with thoughts of Julian, and I stumbled a little, catching myself in Daniel’s arms.
He caressed the side of my cheek, rubbing his thumb over my lips in a back and forth motion. “You’re beautiful, Autumn.”
Why can’t Julian think I’m beautiful?
I pushed off of him, dancing all around while he leaned against a tree.
Were we in the woods? I guess we went for a walk.
