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Chapter 1
“Come on, let’s dance!”
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BRIT MCCOY LOOKED UPat the man next to her as he held his hand out. The man was Luke Petersen, and they were at his mom’s wedding reception.
“Hurry up, take it! Do I have to beg, because if I do, I will...” He wasn’t even looking at her, he was looking across the dance floor.
She followed his gaze and saw a woman in her late thirties barreling towards them. It was the same lady that Brit had just warned Destiny about, that was stalking Lane, Luke’s twin brother as he put on a show on the dance floor.
Brit laughed. “What? Don’t you want to be her next conquest?”
Relieved when she placed her hand in his, he said, “Hell no! She’s way too old for me. Besides, I like your face better.” He grinned then twirled her onto the dance floor before pulling her into his arms. They slow danced through three songs before Luke said, “She’s gone.”
Truth be told, the second the woman had seen Brit step into his embrace, she had whirled around and went in the other direction towards the bar. But Brit didn’t need to know that tidbit.
Wishing that wasn’t the reason he’d asked her to dance in the first place, she nodded and pulled away. “Well, thanks for that.”
“It’s me that needs to thank you.” He took her hand in his and raised it to his lips. Placing a soft kiss on the back of her hand, he murmured, “It was my pleasure, believe me.”
Brit felt the pit of her stomach flop to her feet when he looked at her with stormy eyes. A giggle spilled from her lips as she backed away and nodded. Not trusting herself, she spun on her heel and headed to the table where Jasmine was sitting alone.
Jasmine put her elbows on the table and rested her chin on her hands. “How was it?” she asked, dreamily.
“How was what?” Brit sat down and snagged a handful of nuts from the bowl in the middle of the table and popped one in her mouth.
“You know... being held in his arms.”
Not wanting to admit that it was exhilarating, she shrugged, “Oh... it was fine.”
“That’s it?! Just, fine?”
“Yeah.” She nodded. There was no way she would admit that she found Luke attractive. She didn’t need or want that kind of attention. Leaning back in her chair, Brit stretched her arms wide and feigned a big yawn. “Oh my.” She covered her mouth, peeked at Jasmine, and said, “I think it must be past my bedtime.”
Only Jasmine wasn’t paying any heed to her because she was looking over Brit’s head with a grin on her face.
Brit sat straighter in her chair and moved to turn around, only a pair of arms that were wrapping around her stopped her from doing so. She at once froze in her seat as a face appeared beside hers. Brit was resisting the urge to claw the person in the eyes when she heard. “Thank you again for the dance.”
She turned to face him and that’s when Luke saw the fear in her eyes and her fingers curled into claws.
“Are you alright?” he asked as he saw her relax at once.
Brit put a smile on her lips. “Yeah. I’m just tired, you caught me off guard.”
Luke stood straight and moved to sit in the vacant chair between Jasmine and her. Watching Brit with lazy eyes he asked, “So, what are you two ladies up to?”
Jasmine sighed. “Nothing, just hoping someone will ask me to dance.”
Brit leaned forward and looked at Luke. Seeing how he was watching her sent a slight thrill up her spine. One that she quashed instantly by saying, “Why don’t you dance with her Luke?”
As soon as she said it, Luke perked up and stopped staring at her. “Uh sure. Jasmine, would you like to dance?”
The teen scrambled to her feet. “Would I?” Before he could respond, she made a beeline to the dance floor.
Luke raised a brow at Brit. “I’ll take that as a yes.?”
She laughed and nodded. “Don’t keep her waiting!” She sat back in her chair to watch them with a slight curve on her lips.
