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And judging by the tightening of Tank’s arms, he didn’t want me to leave it either.
The feel of his hot breath against my ear caused shivers to trail through my body, “You know something we haven’t done since I got home?”
“What’s that?” I asked him softly.
“Had our dance.” I could hear the smile in his voice.
Biting my lip, I looked over at Hippie, to see his eyes on us, and with a wink, he nodded.
Tank chuckled at my back, released me, stepped to my side, then held his hand out to me.
Sighing, I placed mine in his and then allowed him to lead me out to the makeshift dance floor.
As soon as we were in the middle, he spun me around, my hand going to his bicep, his arm wrapped around my waist and pulling me close, my much smaller hand cradled in his.
With his smile and showing me his dimples, I couldn’t help but return my smile right back.
That was when our song started, “A whisper away… from changing' everything. But is it safe to say… such dangerous things. When your hands are trembling, girl, I’m weak in the knees.”
We were both silent as we let the lyrics float around us, that was until he lowered his mouth to my ear and said, “I just need a few minutes of your time. To explain everything. Can you give me that? Please?”
My face was pressed against his chest as I murmured, “Why?”
“Because you deserve the truth. And if I give it to you, if you don’t want me, I’ll leave. I’ll let you go.”
“What do you mean if I don’t want you?” I asked him, my heart doing double time in my chest.
“Just… please let me know of a day and time and I’ll be there. To explain everything.”
I hadn’t realized I had nodded because I wanted that too.
And it was time to stop acting like a shitake mushroom.
So, I said softly, “Tomorrow around three? I get out of class at two.”
The song was ending when he said, “I’ll be there.”
It was only when we started walking back to the table that I realized, the man who had brought me here, hadn’t been on my mind, not once that I danced with Tank.
It was Lena’s smile when I reached the table, and her soft words, “Want to get out of here?”
I nodded immediately.
Looking at Oliver, I said, “This isn’t going to work.”
And with that, my bestie and I left the backyard of the clubhouse, got in her car, and headed to my house.
And that night, with we both, drank our cares away.
We also found out that Oliver had taken a woman home with him.
While we were at my house this conversation also took place, and it would leave me wondering if I would always come second to his career, and whether or not I could really handle that if he became my man.
***
Hearing my phone ring as I took a pull from my beer, I grabbed it and checked the display.
Fuck. No. Fucking hell.
