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“I thought you would be finished with bars after the other weekend?” Matt asked, handing me a bottle of beer.
I shrugged and leaned against our table, sipping my beer. Matt was one of my oldest friends and the only one I trusted enough to be my assistant. Of course, he preferred to work from home instead of going to the office, but I didn’t care as long as he organized my life.
“There’s a band playing tonight that I wanted to hear.”
Matt chuckled and shook his head, looking out at the people dancing. “You can’t honestly expect me to believe that. So does this mean you’re finally ready to start getting out and dating again?”
“Maybe.”
I finished the bottle a few minutes before Mia and Georgia entered the door. Georgia’s gaze drifted around the bar, and her smile dropped when she saw me sitting in the corner.
Mia grinned as she followed Georgia’s gaze. I watched Mia grab her hand and swear a silent curse as she dragged her over.
“Dad,” Mia said, leaning against the table and reaching for my bottle, scowling when she lifted it and found it empty. “I thought you were too old to spend your time hanging around bars.”
“I’m not that old,” I said, rolling my eyes as she smirked. “Don’t you have something better to do than hang out with your father?”
Mia looked over her shoulder at Georgia and smiled. Georgia shrugged, making a point of not looking at me. “That all depends on whether or not you’re going to ruin my night if I try to have a little fun.”
I shook my head and waved a dismissive hand. “Go on. Enjoy your night. You’re more than old enough to make your own choices. Just let me know if you aren’t coming home tonight.”
Mia nodded and kissed my cheek before taking off. Georgia trailed behind her, glancing over her shoulder once at me before disappearing into the crowd. The waitress dropped off another round of beers at our table.
The music pounded through the room, but it cut out as a band took the stage. When the band started playing, I watched Georgia and Mia head to the dance floor, pushing their way near the location to dance.
“Alright,” Matt said, waving his hand before my face. “Stop watching your daughter like a hawk and let her have fun. She has a good head on her shoulders. I’m sure she’ll chase away any douchebag without you staring at her. Either way, that guy she’s dating is working the bar tonight too.”
I was relieved when Matt assumed I was watching Mia instead of staring at her best friend.
“Fine. You’re right. She can take care of herself.”
“Exactly, so that means that you should just relax and maybe find someone to try and go home with tonight.”
I scoffed and reached for my beer. “I doubt that I’m going home with anyone tonight.”
Unless it’s Georgia, I’m not going home with anyone.
Not that Matt needed to know that. The less he knew about the woman I was seeing, the better. He would likely disapprove and insist I ended it before someone got hurt.
The part that bothered me the most would be how right he would be. I should have ended this before someone got hurt, but now, it seemed like someone would get hurt either way.
I tried not to think about that.
For now, I just wanted to have fun and spend time with a beautiful woman who kept me on my toes.
“Hey there,” a brunette woman said, sliding into the seat beside mine as Matt sipped his beer. She gave me a saccharine smile and leaned a little closer to me. “Do you want to dance?”
“Nope.” I grabbed my beer and sipped, hoping she would get the hint.
“Come on; you look like the kind of man who would know how to show a woman a good time.”
“No, thank you. I have a girlfriend.”
The woman shrugged and got up, taking off into the crowd to find someone else. I could feel Matt’s gaze as it burned into the side of my head.
When I looked back at him, he raised one eyebrow and his bottle halfway to his mouth. Then, finally, he set the bottle down and shook his head.
“Why is this the first time I’ve heard of a girlfriend?” Matt asked. “I thought we were here to find you, someone, to take home for the night, but you’ve been holding out on me.”
