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“Holy fuck. Lily.”
What the fuck? I glance at him. He’s staring at her with his mouth hanging open. “You know her?”
“Yeah.” He shakes his head. “I mean no. I met her today. She delivered a package to West. We thought she was cute.”
“We?” My eyebrows go up. “He met her too?”
His eyes still on the vixen in the red dress—Lily—Xander grins. “Yeah. She was a firecracker. Such a smart fucking mouth.” The sound that comes out of him sounds like he’s imagining that smart mouth on him right now.
I frown. She didn’t come across like that to me at all. “She was talking to her bike when I met her.”
“You met her too?” he asks, his excitement palpable.
“Yeah. She ran right into me. Literally.”
“Fuck,” he mutters, then turns his attention back to the bar, a dopey ass grin on his face. I watch her too. Tossing her hair over her shoulder as she chats animatedly to the woman next to her. A friend? Or maybe her girlfriend.
Not that it matters. If West and Fitch think she’s hot too, it’s probably best if all three of us stay the fuck away.
I sip my Scotch, about to suggest that Xander look elsewhere for his hookup, but I’m distracted by the guy walking up behind Lily. He puts his hand on her beautiful ass and squeezes, and I wonder if she’s with him.
Until she turns around and punches him square in the jaw.
ChapterFive
LILY
Jen half laughs, half shrieks as we both stare at the guy sprawled on the floor at our feet, out cold. “Holy fuck, Lils.” The people who were crowded around the bar have stepped back and everyone is now ogling and pointing at us.
Dammit. I just reacted. I didn’t mean to knock his ass out, but he shouldn’t have grabbed mine. But we’re going to get kicked out of this fancy club, and Jen will be so disappointed. Bouncers are making their way toward us, their heads bobbing above the crowd.
“I’m really sorry,” I blurt as soon as they’re close enough to hear me. “But he—”
“Miss, we’re going to have to ask you to leave.” One of the bouncers grabs my arm.
“Take your fucking hands off her. Now.” The deep voice cuts through the noise and the hand on my arm disappears.
“Apologies, Mr. Cavanagh,” the bouncer mumbles.
I look up to see the same dark eyes from earlier today in the lobby. Oh my god, what’s he doing here? I swallow the knot of anxiety clogging my throat, but I’m unable to keep my body from trembling.
He glances at the guy on the floor. “Get that piece of shit out of here and don’t let him back in ever again. You hear me?”
“Yes, Mr. Cavanagh,” another bouncer replies.
Jen stares at me with her mouth hanging open, and all I can do is shrug at her. I have no idea what the hell’s going on either. The stranger steps closer to me, his dark eyes burning into mine.
“I-I, h-he grabbed me.”
He frowns. “I saw. Are you okay?”
I nod, my tongue darting out to moisten my dry lips. “I’m fine.”
“You have a habit of getting into trouble wherever you go, Lily?” he asks.
“H-how do you know my name?”
“You met a couple friends of mine today,” he says, amusement dancing in his eyes.
