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“I’m sorry.”
“Eh, I think we both knew it wasn’t a long-term thing. I drove her nuts.”
“I can’t believe that.”
“I’m a pain in the arse,” he says. “Vain and shallow.” He smiles.
He’s an exceptionally good-looking guy, tall and muscular, with dark hair and attractive blue eyes. He smells great, too. He’s obviously aware of how gorgeous he is. He’s a lot cockier than Alex, and very self-assured, although he still seems nice with it.
“But… no Aroha either?” I tease.
He meets my eyes and gives me a wry look. “I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory there.”
“Aw. She obviously likes you. Aren’t you going to try again?”
“Eh, I blew it. She’s not going to touch me with someone else’s bargepole.”
“You might be surprised. Maybe if you romanced her a bit. Turned on the charm, you know? You were very self-deprecating when you admitted falling asleep, and I could see she liked that.”
His eyebrows rise. “Really?”
“Yeah.”
He thinks about it. “I don’t know. I think she was pretty upset by what happened.”
“What did you say when you woke up?”
“Uh… I didn’t say anything. I was embarrassed. I wrote a note saying I hope she slept well and left.”
I gape. “You didn’t stay and talk to her?”
“Um, no.”
I sigh. “Oh, James.”
“I didn’t think she’d be interested.”
“No wonder she’s upset. You should at least have apologized in person.”
He looks suitably ashamed. “Yeah, probably.”
“Maybe take her to one side and say sorry. It is a magic word and nearly always makes things better.”
“All right,” he says. “Maybe I will.” The song ends, and he says, “Thanks for the dance.”
“Thank you for asking me, and good luck.”
He gives a mischievous smile, then turns to Kait and holds out his hand as another slow song comes on. “Would you do me the honor?”
“I wouldn’t,” Alex says, “he’ll take a selfie and it’ll be up on Instagram before the song’s over.”
Kait laughs and accepts James’s hand. “I’ll survive.” The two of them start dancing.
Alex pulls me toward him and slides a hand around to the base of my spine.
“You were very territorial when James did that,” I comment as we begin to move to the music.
“Only I get to touch your bum,” he says.
