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I dare to look up at his face and get lost in his eyes.
He stares at me like I may offer him the key to seven minutes in heaven, or maybe he’s trying to determine if I will slap him silly for his forwardness.
Is he trying to make sure I’m alright with this contact?
A man with perfect skin and hair circles closer and tells Dante, “Drop the fucking trashy hag, and you can do that with me.”
Rude.
“Watch your mouth.” Dante glances down at the man’s tight pants. “And I bet my date’s groove thang is bigger than yours.”
The man actually looks at me for the first time.
I grab my crotch over my skirt, and in a voice just a bit deeper than my normal one, I say, “Fuck off.”
The man rushes off, his face red with embarrassment because of his gross behavior. He shouldn’t make assumptions.
Dante leans down and whispers, “Good job.”
I grow flustered at his closeness and compliment. He doesn’t move away, his lips lingering on my neck, just barely grazing it.
My breath catches, and my pulse races.
I feel someone press up behind me. Any closer, and I mightaccidentallyelbow them.
Sending out my psychic vibes, I sense it’s Evan.
He surprises me with a forward move, brushing my hair away from my neck and nuzzling me. “Ready to go, sweetheart?”
Dante curses and pulls me away from Evan’s touch. “Didn’t we just get here?”
“Yep. We did,but…” Evan shoots an exasperated look over his shoulder at Kurtis, who sulks by the exit. “We’ve done enough here.”
As we wait for our car at the valet on the curb, Kurtis crosses his bulky arms over his chest and looks downright pouty.
When we all pile into the car, Kurtis starts up immediately. “It isn’t your business.”
“It is,” Evan says evenly, but irritation simmers in his tone.
I glance over at Dante, but he acts unaffected by the conversation, as if it’s one that’s happened before.
“You had three drinks within an hour,” Evan says through gritted teeth. “I don’t care what you are going through. You can’t get drunkanddo your job.”
“Maybe I don’t want to do my fucking job!” Kurtis shouts.
Dante tenses at that.
“I wasn’t able to bemebefore Karma got her greedy hands on me, and now I’m alive but not living!”
I turn around to say I understand his anger, but Evan speaks first. “None of us are living the lives we want to.”
Kurtis glares at me. “Tessa and Dante have beenliving.”
Dante protests, “It’s not like—”
“It’snot?” Kurtis interrupts him and scoffs, “So you aren’t dry humping on the dance floor and sleeping with each other?”
“Just sleeping! Once!” I snap. “And that was only after I had a meltdown when I healed you, draining my life force.”
