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Do it for graduation, Kiera. Do it for you. You’ve earned more than a night alone. If the sex isn’t good, picture Jonathan.
No wait, I can’t do that. Shit. Tonight would be easier if Iwasgoing home with him.
Not an option.
I put on a super-fake, sultry smile. “Hi, Chris.”
He separates from his guy friends and heads in my direction. “Hey. How’s it going?”
“Oh, you know, just…hanging around, looking for something to do.” I sidle closer and caress his arm, just so there’s no misunderstanding about what I want. “How about you?”
He wraps his arm around my waist, looking me up and down. “Same.”
This is almost too easy. “Do you want to get out of here?”
“Hell, yeah. What about Jonathan?”
Seriously? I come onto this moron after rejecting him twice, and he chooses this moment to pull out his moral compass? Why is he suddenly thinking with the head up top, especially when I would rather not hear him speak at all?
I shrug. “Does it matter?”
Chris looks back to his buddies, who all seem to be watching intently. What is this, a high-school locker room? I barely refrain from rolling my eyes as they give him a smarmy collection of smirks, nudges, and thumbs-up.
“Guess not,” he drawls. “Your place or mine?”
It’s bad enough I’ll be fucking him. I don’t need his…anything near my sheets. I’m also not interested in going back to his place. The less personal this is, the better.
“There’s a hotel right down the road,” I suggest. I need to get away from Jonathan if I’m going to have any prayer of going through with this.
“Yeah, all right. Let’s go. I’ll spring for half the room if you’ll get the other half.”
And he’s still cheap, too. I’m not shocked at all. “Fine. Just get me out of here.”
He follows me to my table as I grab my clutch. With his hand at the small of my back, we head for the exit. As I’m walking across the floor, I can’t leave without turning back one last time to see Jonathan. He’s still sitting with Maya, which I expected. On Monday, I’ll email him my resignation, so I’ll probably never see him again. I have to commit him to memory.
But the minute I see his face, I’m stunned to find him not deep in conversation with his potential business partner. He’s staring right back at me.
Chapter Eleven
Jonathan
“This sounds like something Thompson and Company has been looking for.” Maya is eating up every bit of my pitch, which is great.
But I can’t stop staring at Kiera. She’s talking to Chris, the douchebag—and it’s looking cozy.
Stop it. Stay focused. You almost have this.
Secretly, I hope they stay a while, have a few drinks, maybe dance some. Anything so I can keep a close eye on her.
Instead, I see him wrap his arm around her and lead her across the room. She grabs her purse from our table, patently refusing to look at me.
“Your thoughts, Jonathan?” Maya prompts me.
“You’re right. I’m going to, um…” Where Kiera and Chris going? What is she doing? Why does it look like they’re leaving?
“Send me a proposal?” Maya finishes for me.
I try to smile. “Yeah. Exactly. Sorry. There’s just a lot happening at this reception. It’s distracting.”
