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I take a quick look over my shoulder and smile. “Hey man, I think I’ll make this one a double.”
“You should go over there,” the bartender says, signaling toward Lucy. I don’t look where he’s pointing because I’ve hit stalker level already since I first noticed her.She has a kid.Why isn’t she home looking after her?“Or you could chat with the lovely lady approaching you now,” he adds, pulling me from my thoughts.
Subtly rolling my eyes, I hold back a groan as a woman sits down beside me. “Wes Johnson in the flesh.”
“That’s me. And you are?”
“I’m Lucy. My friends and I were just talking and—”
“I’m sorry, what?” My eyes almost bug out of my head, while the woman freezes, her eyes flashing away, clearly confused. Her face tinges pink and I almost feel bad. “What did you say your name was?”
“I…uh…Lexi?”
“Lexi?” I repeat.
“Yep?”
Why the question?
“Maybe because you’re being a douchebag,” my bar friend says, alerting me to the fact I’d said that out loud and I’m definitely acting like a douche.
Lexi walks away without another word, and this time, I do feel bad. A little.But come on! The world is clearly messing with me… Or I’m just bad at hearing.
When I turn back to the bar, I notice my man has graced me with another whiskey, and fuck do I need it.
I drink doubles for the next thirty minutes and I feel amazing.
“I’m going over there,” I announce and almost fall off my chair when I throw my hands in the air.
“Uhhh. Are you sure that’s a good idea? Isn’t she pissed at you, after you were a dick to that kid?”
Fuck, I told this guy everything.
“Guess we’ll find out.”
Mr. Barman laughs, and I realize I really should have gotten his name, but it’s too late now. Lucy, here I come.
I approach slowly because it definitely makes me look cooler and stare at Lucy as I move. Dressed in a black, off the shoulder dress, Lucy looks beautiful as she laughs along with her friends, something that stops the second they see me.
“Ladies. How are you this fine evening?”
Now that I’m here, I recognize the blonde as the girl from the hotel. But I don’t know the others. They’re all smiling at me, except Lucy. She’s positively mad. “We’re great. We were just discussing how big of an ass you are to little kids.”
Ouch!
“Fair call. I deserve that.” I shrug as I lean against the booth for support.
Lucy crosses her arms over her chest and frowns. “What are you doing, Wes? Why are you here?”
“Here, here?” I ask, pointing to my position on the floor. “Or here at Jaded?”
She rolls her eyes while her blonde friend chuckles. “What do you want, Wes?”
“You,” I say plain and simple, because it’s true. I’ve never wanted anything so badly in my entire life.She has a kid.Fuck if I care right now.
“You told me we’d never fraternize again,” Lucy says, throwing my words back in my face. Technically, I didn’t say that, I texted it. But either way…
“I lied.”Fuck!
