The man parted the curtain and waited for me to step through. Three guys I didn’t recognize sat there, while Dylan leaned up against the table that held a pile of food and drinks. One look at him and I noticed his sexy smile as his eyes washed over me. He unscrewed a cap on one of the water bottles and took a drink.
“Oh, my god!” Mila screamed with excitement. “How the hell do you know these guys, Aurora? Keeping secrets from us?” she questioned with excitement.
“Aurora is full of many secrets.” Lorelai winked.
I looked at my best friend and rolled my eyes.
“Ask Lorelai. You all know her brother plays for the Dominators,” I said, trying to take some of the attention off me, only no one paid any attention to what I’d said.
“Hey, girls, why don’t you come on over here and take a seat? We have some food on the way.”
“Ladies, this is Knox Evans, Lucas Clark, and Clay Harris,” Dylan said as he pushed himself off the table. “I’m Dylan Hayes.” He placed his hand on the small of my back and held his other hand out to Lorelai.
Once she shook his hand, she met my eyes. I knew the look she was giving me.
“So, Aurora, how do you know these guys?” Sophie questioned, sitting down beside Lucas and taking a bottle of beer from his hand.
“Ah, I, um… Dylan is my new stepbrother,” I murmured, looking at Lorelai, who smirked.
Instantly I’d wished I could take that back.
Dylan leaned into me and whispered, “Oh, but that isn’t all we could be.” He pressed a kiss to my cheek.
The three guys watched and chuckled to themselves as Dylan backed up and returned to leaning on the table.
While the girls began chatting with the guys, I glanced over to see Dylan standing there watching me. I followed his eyes; they ran from my face, down my body, and back up where he met my eyes again. Then he tilted his head, signalling for me to go to him. I glanced over at my friends; they were all busy chatting it up with the guys, so I slowly backed up and made my way over to him.
“Told you I wouldn’t call or text,” I said, trying to prove a point.
“That’s okay, the week isn’t over yet.” He gave me that cocky smile while grabbing a handful of nuts and shoving them into his mouth. “Still have Saturday and Sunday.”
“You are impossible,” I gritted.
“I may be, but I think that is what you like most about me. So, what do you say we get out of here?” he asked, bringing his hands to my waist and pulling me between his legs.
My body was instantly on fire the moment his hands touched me.
“Not here,” I murmured. I’d meant it to come out sounding like I meant what I said; however, the lack of confidence in my voice told me what I already knew.
I was his. I knew it, and I was certain he did as well.
He glanced over my shoulder and then back at me. “It’s okay, they are all preoccupied.”
I looked over, then back to him. “How will they get home?”
“Give your keys to one of them. If not, I will make sure that the guys make sure they all get home okay. What do you say?”
I bit my bottom lip, trying to decide what I should do: stay here with my friends or leave with him. I glanced over my shoulder to see Mila, Sophie, and Lorelai all listening to one guy share a story. They seemed to be having a good time. I knew what I wanted to do, so I turned back to Dylan and nodded.
“Where are we going?”
“You’ll see. Give me your keys.”
I dug into my pocket and produced my keys and handed them to him. He got up and went over to one of the guys and whispered into his ear, then handed Lorelai my car keys and whispered something to her before coming back and grabbing me by the hand, pulling me out of the VIP area. I followed him out to the parking lot, where he guided me over to his silver Mercedes and opened the passenger door for me to climb in.
“What about the girls?” I asked as he fired up the engine.
“What about them?”
