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I look back.
He stands there, watching the tail lights until we fade away.
My body is slick with sweat and a hard body is pressed against my back. The remnant of my drink mix with the melting ice in the glass that I hold above my head. With my eyes closed I dance and let the music wash away my pain.
On the drive over to Dani’s house I didn’t speak a word. Once I was in the safety of her home, everything that had happened that afternoon came pouring out of me.
I sobbed until my chest hurt and my eyes were swollen. Dani held my hand the entire time and cried alongside me. when I was finished, she guided me to her couch and sat me down, and brought me a glass of wine and an ice pack for my eyes.
“Rest here for a bit,” she said, then kissed my forehead.
She went off to her bathroom to shower and let me have a moment. She always knew exactly what I needed before I did.
I let my head fall against the back of the couch and placed the cold ice pack over my eyes. Next to me my phone buzzed and buzzed with text after text. I ignored every one of them. After another minute the texting turned into calls.
I silenced it and focused on clearing my head.
When I felt human again, I joined Dani in her room and got ready for the night.
We decided on eating before the bar and ended up at aTapas restaurant in Market Square along the waterway.
We spent two hours there, eating and pushing Roman and Angela as far away from our thoughts as we could. The sangria we consumed warmed my belly. when the pitcher was empty, we paid our bill and took an Uber to the club.
“You okay?” Dani’s voice has me opening my eyes.
My movements are slow from all of the alcohol flowing through my veins. I give her a sloppy smile and a thumbs up. She smiles at me and goes back to dancing with a tall man with blonde hair and brown eyes.
He’s okay looking. Average height, blonde hair cropped closer at the sides and a little floppy on top. He’s nice to look at but he doesn’t hold a candle to Roman.
We made small talk at the bar before he bought me a drink then asked me to dance.
The music bleeds from one song into another and I make no move to walk away. I spin along to face him and he grips my waist and pulls me closer.
I let the hand not holding my glass rest on his shoulder as we sway left to right. My eyes close once more and a body rolls into me, forcing me even closer to my dance partner.
I stumble and laugh and he does the same. Then he does something that takes me by complete surprise. He kisses me.
At first I resist, but then I think about Roman sitting in his chair in his office with Angela’s head between his legs, bobbing up and down his hard length. That image wipes away my better judgment and I return the kiss.
His tongue is warm but he doesn’t move it the way I like it. He’s sloppy and uncoordinated. His lips are thin and not at all like the soft pillows that Roman’s feel like.
Dread floods me and I snap my eyes open.
Oh god. What am I doing?
I yank my head back and try to push him away, but his grip on me is tight and I struggle against him.
“Stop. Let me go!” I yell but he doesn’t budge. “Stop!”
His fingers dig into my back and I wince as his nails bit into my skin. Fear bubbles inside of me and I frantically begin to search Dani out.
My head spins on a swivel but I can’t find her. My heart speeds up and I feel like I’m going to be sick. Just as I feel a tear start to fall, the guy is yanked off of me.
“Get your fucking hand off of her, dick face.”
I look up to see Roman standing there like a bull about to attack. He grips the back of the guy's neck and I watch in shock as he squeezes the neck in his grasp. The guys eyes bug and his face turns a dark shade of red.
He’s going to kill the guy in front of dozens of people.
