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Yes, I admired the way her ass moved with each step as she walked in front of me. I was a red-blooded man.
But there was something else about her besides her looks that I liked too.
From the minute I'd hit my car door into hers, it had been hard to look away. As we stood between our cars, I’d thought maybe I knew her from somewhere. Maybe I met her a long time ago.
I'd taken in every beautiful feature, wracking my brain about why she seemed so familiar. By the time we got inside, I realized I didn't know her.
She only seemed familiar because she was like the perfect combination of everything that attracted me to a woman.
I was tempted to look for a straight pin, a knife, anything to pop another balloon just to have her body pressed against mine again.
I realized she was staring at me, waiting for an answer. I cleared my throat.
"I don't think it's wise to scare the hell out of someone who just turned eighty."
She nodded. And then her grandpa appeared, pushing my grandpa in his wheelchair.
The staff clearly didn't worry about giving an eighty-year-old a sudden heart attack, because they screamedsurpriselike they were at gunpoint.
It didn't startle him too much, probably because he didn't have his hearing aid turned all the way up. He clapped his hands together and smiled as he pretended to try to punch James for keeping the secret.
Lana laughed next to me, looking delighted at how happy they both were.
As food and cake were doled out, and our grandpas smiled about us finally meeting, I could barely take my eyes off Lana.
"Dylan thinks you two should let us in on some of your gambling," Lana said, pulling me out of my fugue. "He thinks he's got a good poker face. Though I don't honestly know how that would help with Gin Rummy."
Grandpa shook his head. "You're welcome to join us. But you know your grandpa cheats, right?"
They laughed, and I went back to watching her smile at her grandpa and mine. She had mine charmed, but that didn't surprise me. She seemed like someone who everybody probably liked.
And any man with eyes certainly had to notice what a stunning woman she was.
Another balloon popped. Lana flinched along with everybody else, but unfortunately, she was too far away to jump into my arms.
Not that she would have done that again anyway. But a man could hope.
She smiled and looked at me, hopefully thinking along the same lines. As a couple other party guests came to talk to my grandpa, I moved closer to Lana.
"Did the staff lose control while blowing up these balloons, or what?" she asked.
"Too bad you were so far away that time," I said.
She chewed on her bottom lip. "I agree."
I wanted to tell her I could put my arms around her and keep them there, just in case another one popped.
"Maybe you should stay a little closer, just in case another one goes up?" I offered instead.
"Maybe I should." Her smile wiped away the doubts I had.
I didn't see how I could let the party end without doing my best to make sure I was going to see Lana again.
“Can I call you sometime?” I asked. “If you’re ok with it, of course.”
I wasn't at my smoothest, but something about Lana disarmed me. If she'd been just another beautiful woman that I met at a bar or out somewhere, I'd have been more suave. But the sense that there was something special about her left me a little unsure of myself.
"Yeah. Okay," she said, smiling as she took my phone to put in her number. She handed me my phone back with a huge grin. And her eyes focused on my hand as I took it.
