Page 30 of Wilde Abandon
He flashed a grin, then swooped in for another kiss.
Several whistles sounded and one, “Get a room.”
She didn’t care about their audience.
He wasn’t putting on a show.He was as lost to the magic happening between them as she was.
“I need a beer,” Dean announced.“And a woman.”She felt the brush of his hand on her shoulder as he walked by.“Hi, Melody.Good to see you, Melody.Nice job keeping my boy happy.”The last words were nearly swallowed by the noise of the music and crowd.
She couldn’t answer because she was too focused on the man blowing her mind and making her panties wet with just a kiss.It took some effort and came with a lot of regret, but she pulled back, tried to catch her breath, and smiled up at Fox.“I believe you now.”
“Happy to keep on proving it to you.”He glanced around them.“Somewhere private.Where I have you all to myself for many, many hours.Days.”
Her wild heart and a huge case of lust made her blurt out, “I could come to your place when I get off shift.”She hadn’t been thinking about sleeping with him tonight.Soon, yes.But this thing between them was just getting stronger and it felt like she’d been waiting for him forever.More than that.She hadn’t just been waiting for Fox to come back into her life; she’d been waiting for someone who made her feel more than sparks but passion based in friendship and connection and trust.
Fox’s gaze went wide, then heated with desire.“I’d love that, but are you sure?I don’t want to go too fast and fuck this up.It means too much to me to rush when we have as much time as you need.”
She’d said at the diner that they should go slow.But… “I know what I want, Fox.It’s you.It’s us.”
He cupped her face, his fingers brushing her skin as he leaned down, put his forehead to hers, and looked deep into her eyes like no one was watching and they weren’t in a crowd.“I am so fucking lucky.”
You’re going to get lucky later.
She wished she could take the rest of the night off and just leave with him.
Someone bumped into her from behind and she crashed into Fox.
He held her close and glared at the person behind her.“Watch it.”
“Sorry.My bad.”
Melody knew that voice and turned to Brian with a raised brow.He’d been kicked out of the bar so many times, she was surprised to see him back again.
Brian held up his hands in surrender.“I’m just here playing pool with some friends.”His gaze swept down her, then back up.“Damn, Mel, but you get hotter every time I see you.”
While she liked bad boys, this one was nothing but trouble.A mistake waiting to happen for any woman who got involved with him.She’d never been that dumb.
Brian was only out for himself.He didn’t care who got hurt because of him.He’d put the blame on others and sell out his mother if it kept him out of jail.
“You get a little rougher around the edges every time I see you.You’ve been keeping some interesting company lately.”
“You know me, Mel, I have lots of friends I like to visit.”
“Uh-huh.Just make sure you keep your business off my property and out of my bar.”
Brian held his arms out wide.“I’m just here for a good time, like everyone else.”His hands dropped and his gaze shot to Fox, who still had his hands on her waist.“Who’s your new friend?”
She didn’t buy his bullshit.“You know Fox.We went to grade school together.”She glanced up at Fox.“Do you remember Brian from second grade?”
His gaze narrowed, a vague sense of recognition in his eyes.“I think I remember you.”
Brian held out his hand.“It’s been a long time.”
Fox reached around her to shake.“You were a really good baseball player.Pitcher, right?”
Brian seemed stunned for a moment.“Yeah.Then I tore a bunch of stuff in my shoulder and all those big league dreams went out the window.”So did his college scholarship, and then pain killers became an addiction that derailed his life and took him down a dark path until he was selling drugs instead of hitting home runs.
She felt sorry for high school Brian, but not the man standing before her.He’d had a long time to change his ways and make a better life for himself.He used what happened to him as an excuse for why his life was so shitty, instead of working for a better future.