BAD REPUTATION

"Fine, Liv," she said loudly. "I agree. We'll drop it for now, but on

as she

to their space. "I can defin

e of the

ad shoulders under a dark button-down rolled at the sleeves. A drink in one hand. T

eyes that mattered. They weren't on Tessa, or on Isabella. They w

Hawt

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nd, the noise of

still clinked, laughter still burst from nearby tables - b

i

hock of seeing him, she couldn't tell. What the hell was he doing here, she thought, as ev

ot when her emotions were hanging by a thread. Not when she'd com

h, this should be illegal." as she stared a

ng. Effortlessly put together. Effortlessly dangerous. The man was t

ed and entirely too confident. He finally dragged his gaze away from Olivia to addres

rek." There was a slight frown on her face, but no real hea

y pouted - in a way that would've been ridiculous on any other man. On him, it was annoyingly

back smoothly. "Or find some woman t

Derek ignored it completely, and on

lting his head slightl

d known she was coming? Sh

. I told him he could come - as long as he stayed

e an inno

in, grinning. "His comp

could stop him, he leaned over, gently took Tessa's hand

lly, cheeks flushing b

idn't nearly. She fully did, and almost s

bimbos and twinkies, Dere

d him from the corner of her eye. And then her stomach dro

her pulse spiked again, and for half a second she genuinely c

la

nostrils flared slightly. He smelled... incredible. Something deep and warm. Spiced. Clean. Masculine without being overpowering. Th

f his mouth tilted upward in a slow, knowing smile. Then he leaned j

Derek," Olivia managed, forcing her

was already a storm in her head. But the way Derek looked at her - like h

rvention," he continued lightly. "Are they done? Because I'd l

business," she replied, aiming for sharp, but it

tened slightl

warned, shoot

n surrender, though her grin suggeste

ing. It was amused. "Fine," h

htly against hers, barely there, but enough

ing - the line of his thigh near hers, the subtle flex of his forearm as he a

, too solid to ignore or pr

whisper

y didn'

t, she

oo-Attractive while her relationship hung by a fray

h another round of shots. The glasses

mmediately, fingers wrapping around cool glas

to spiral...She might