Page 104 of Perfect Enough
Two women walked up and asked us to dance. When I turned the one down, the other one looked at Nate with raised brows.
“Maybe next time, ladies,” Nate politely said as he flashed them a wide smile.
Nate turned and looked at me as the two women walked off.
“I’m not dancing with anyone.” I knew I was acting like a child, but dancing with someone other than Sophia didn’t feel right. A part of me wished I’d reached out to her and invited her to go out with me tonight. I had been even more miserable with her gone, and it was no one’s fault but my own.
“I didn’t say a damn thing,” Nate stated.
“Hey, Josh, how’s it going?”
Glancing up, I saw Lacey Milton standing there with a bright smile on her face. Her dark brown pixie cut was tousled, and her blue eyes sparkled as she looked between Nate and me. We’d gone to high school with her…and the number of times we’dbothturned this woman down was insane.
“Lacey,” I replied with a slight nod of my head to her.
She sat down, and Nate and I exchanged looks.
“I’m so sorry to hear about your grandfather. My condolences to you both.”
“Thank you, Lacey,” Nate said before glancing over to the dance floor.
“Is there anything I can do for you, Josh?” Lacey asked, her hand moving to my leg under the table.
Reaching for her hand, I moved it. “Thank you, but no.”
She pouted, and Nate laughed. “You can come over to my side. I won’t say no.”
Lacey winked at him. “Have you guys ever thought about a threesome?”
Nate nearly spit out his beer. “That would be a hard pass. I’m not risking crossing swords with my cousin.”
Lacey glanced at me. “One of you could watch.”
I snarled my lip at her. “No, thanks.”
“Okay, well, my friend from New York City is here. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind getting to know you more, Nate.”
Another woman approached the table before we could tell Lacey to move on.
“Speak of the devil,” Lacey said with a laugh. “Laney, this is Josh and Nate Shaw. I was telling you about them.”
Laney took a seat as well, and I nearly groaned. It was turning out to be areallybad idea to come out tonight.
“Are you boys here with the rest of the cowboys?”
I glanced past her to see Decker returning to our large table. He’d already done his fair share of dancing and drinking.
“Boys?” Nate asked, his brows raised.
Laney and Lacey both laughed. “You know what I meant,” the former said.
Nate cleared his throat and had to speak up over the music. “Ladies, we appreciate your company, but tonight we’re just here to celebrate Decker’s birthday.”
“Speaking of!” Decker said, jumping up and downing his beer. “She’s here!”
We watched him walk through the crowd toward the bar’s entrance, and I longed to follow him so I could leave and head home.
“Who?” I asked.