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Zoe was seriously starting to lose track of who was egging on who. After she’d called winner, the other guys Devin had been playing with decided to head out. At least one of them had shot him a knowing look. Another had patted him on the back and winked at her. She’d rolled her eyes and sent them on their way.
Was the tension between them as obvious to the people around them as it was to her? If so, it was a good thing her brother wasn’t around. She glanced toward the bar. Clay didn’t seem to be paying them any attention. His girlfriend, June, had shown up a little while ago with her friends Caitlin and Bobbi, and between pouring drinks for everyone and chatting with them, he had his hands full.
Zoe still didn’t completely trust him not to rat her out to Han—intentionally or otherwise.
Whatever. All along, she’d said her brother should mind his own business. She was a grown woman, and she could do as she pleased.
And at the moment, what she wanted to do was Devin.
Only it wasn’t quite that simple anymore, was it? Her advances had sort of been a lark at the beginning, but after spending time talking to him while cleaning up tonight, she was starting to wonder if there might be more between them than simple attraction. This wasn’t a schoolgirl crush, and it wasn’t leading to just a single night of fun.
As to what it was leading to?
Little sparklers fired off inside her. She’d love to have the chance to find out.
After she schooled him at pool.
She took a second to select a cue and chalk the tip as he went ahead and racked the balls. The sight of him in those jeans had her sucking her bottom lip between her teeth.
The guy was really just unfairly handsome, with that golden tan skin and clear blue eyes. The short-cropped hair that shone under the hanging lights and the scruff on his deliciously sharp jaw.
He smiled at her and gestured toward the table. “You wanna break?”
“Be my guest.” That had been her plan, right? Getting him to break.
He grabbed his cue from where he’d leaned it. He set the cue ball down just to the right of center, leaned over, and lined up. She let her gaze move over his entire body as his muscles tensed.
With a sudden surge of motion, he fired off his shot. The crack of the cue ball hitting the one dead center rang out through the air. Balls scattered everywhere, while the cue ball spun in the middle of the table before coming to a halt.
“Nice.”
He winked. “I’ve been practicing a bit.”
Oh, she liked him like this. She’d always appreciated his serious side, but seeing him loose and playful and—dare she say flirty? It warmed her insides, even as it ratcheted up nervous anticipation about where this evening was going.
He called a shot and made it with ease. He sank two more before finally missing.
Zoe gripped her cue more tightly as she walked the perimeter of the table. Devin’s gaze on her was distracting as hell, but she kept her focus.
He might have missed, but he’d done a good job setting her up for failure. Nice to know he wasn’t going easy on her. She finally selected her shot and grabbed a bridge off the rack.
“You don’t need that,” Devin told her.
“Speak for yourself, tall person.”
“Seriously.” Then he was there, wrapping his hand around hers. “May I?”
Heat zipped up her arm. His warm scent surrounded her, and she got dizzy for a second, having him so close.
Which was her only explanation for why she let him take the bridge away. He guided her to the other edge of the table. She lined up her shot, and sure, she was closer to the ball now, but she didn’t love the angles.
“I don’t know.” She shook her head, ready to stand and go back to her original plan, but he stopped her.
“Let me show you?” he asked.
Her whole body locked down as he stepped up behind her. He was so hot, bracketing her frame. His height swamped her, making it hard for her to breathe, and she was going to die before she even so much as managed to seduce him.
“See?” he asked.
