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I think.
Fuck if I know where we are, but there’s music and lights and a slight breeze cooling my burning skin. Seriously, I’m on fire. Am I allergic to tequila, or have I just been blushing like a fucking idiot any time Kennedy slightly sways into me or grabs my forearm for support?
Tonight is the best night of my life.
“What?” Kennedy asks at my side.
Did I say that out loud?
Fuck it.
“I said, tonight is the best night of my life.”
She rolls those pretty eyes, but it’s more dramatic than usual because Kennedy is just as drunk as I am. “You’re just saying that.”
“I’m not.” Leaning my forearms down on the gate in front of me, I make myself eye level with her. “Kennedy, I have feelings for you.”
“They’ll pass.”
Her glazed eyes stay fixated on the water ahead of her.
“I’m serious, Ken. I’ve got a major crush.”
“A crush is just a lack of information.”
“Yeah, but I’m getting the information, and it’s only making me like you more. Let me get to know you. I’ve been trying to for three years now.”
Her attention finally snaps to me, her gaze perusing my face. “Why?”
“Because I like you.”
“You like everyone.”
Ouch.
She’s not wrong. At least, from what she knows about me. What she doesn’t know is that I haven’t even looked at another woman since the day I realized she stopped wearing her engagement ring.
So no, I don’t like everyone.
I like her.
She must note how that hit landed because she turns her body slightly, facing me. “Fine.” It’s a bit slurred. “What do you want to know?”
“Why did being at your stepsister’s bachelorette party make you so uncomfortable?”
She rolls her eyes again, and I can’t help but smile.
“My mother, she’s married to Mallory and Dean’s dad. Mallory, she’s my stepsister and you know Dean. You hate Dean. But Dean is my friend.”
Yep, she’s drunk.
“My mother, she insisted I be here. You know, because of how it looks for the family.”
“The family? You sound like you’re in the mafia.”
She ignores me. “And Mallory, she was quick to pick the last weekend I was free before baseball season started so I would have to attend.”
“You really didn’t want to be here.”
