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n's

ve before we eve

slines, lights flashing over the crowd like some wild, restless sea. I leaned back lazily agains

ntha was nursing a drink, pretending she wasn't watching me out of the corner of

hing I didn't say. She pressed her mouth against mine without warning, and I didn't stop her. Why would I? H

serious. I

my chest, when I caught movement near the entrance. Out of pur

rls wa

st any

a Eve

friend - Mia, I think was her name -

he wore a silky dark green slip dress that hugged her curves like sin, the hem brushing mid-thigh, just enough to make it t

without even trying. She wasn't glammed up in that desperate way most girls here were - she didn't need to be. Her b

of my mouth lazily as I watched Aurora laugh at something Mia said. She di

usy that sparke

irrit

be cur

if I

brush her off, and turned my attention back to the group. That's

sliding out of the booth and making a

lways chasing

ggled at something he said, tossing her hair over her shoulder, and I saw Aurora

aid something, and they both started heading towa

RA's

and flashing lights - exactly the ki

rting around in search of someone or something interesting. I was ju

o'clock," she said under

ze out of habit -

Will

miles and boyish charm, standing n

t made my stomach tig

guy sitting

Ster

n running into him again so s

is mouth locked with a blonde who looked like she belonged on the cover of so

pi

e, even for a second. It wasn't

mbered - beautiful, arroga

with no

pe I avoided l

low and sharp, that I quickly

uttered unde

ing at Leo, who was jogging toward us

as inviting us over to their booth, tossing

ia asked, turning her w

d for half

nct screame

from the blonde, looking completely unbothered as he d

ted m

I wasn't h

here fo

ere to

id casually.

N'S

ved the blonde off my lap. She pouted like she expected someth

ne forgettable face. T

ike she didn't give a single shit a

more than I c

g the new girls like we weren't all a goddamn m

brown hair tumbling over one shoulder, her violet-g

tev

t give

ing Aurora immediately, her posture sti

e. I wasn't about to exp

retty soon the conversation at the booth started to lag - just enoug

cou

inning my empty glas

out to get

st time tonight

Stupid question

kicked in. And th

heek - which he did, dramatically a

wer a truth abou

a shot without

mb. It wa

fucking

s crossed, that silky green dr

t been pi

her

sharp smile z

oice thick with alcohol and

She lifted her drink, too

," sh

ve, pr

ghted. "I dare you to sit on

aughter. Even Mia gasped. Samantha stiffe

re locked

unimpressed, like I was jus

ck out. She

Everett was

y, and - every move confident, every m

ammered in

ttling down like she belonged there, her

erwhelmed me, scrubbing away the linge

ose enough that her

ed, voice dripping with mock bor

u

laughter, hooting and cheer

ainst mine, the brush of her chest against my shirt,

s phone ticked lou

mi

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