I frowned. “I just wish women weren’t always climbing all over him, acting like he’s a piece of mountain meat.”
Mina’s eyes got wide. “Do youlikehim?”
“He’s my friend,” I pressed my lips together.
“That isnotwhat I asked.”
I stopped pacing and looked out at the dark treeline past the parking lot.
Mina was my closest friend. Maybe it was time to confide in her.
“I think I’ve liked him for years,” I whispered back. “Ihateit. It’s stupid.”
Mina grabbed my arm. “Aww. It isnotstupid. It’s long overdue. I’ve known you were hot for him. I’ve just been waiting for you to admit it. Now go tell him, then jump in his bed.”
“Ican’tjust tell him,” I said, panic flying through me at the thought.
“Why not?”
“Because… there must be a reason he’s never hit on me. What if he’s not attracted to me? I’m so f—”
Mina interrupted. “Don’t talk that way about yourself. Besides, he’s constantly got his hands all over you. I know he’s attracted to you.”
I looked at my top. The one I’d worn just for him. The one that highlighted the small bit of bustline I had.
Maybe if my boobs were bigger.
But Mina was already pulling me out of my funk. “I don’t know that he’ll make good boyfriend material, but maybe one night riding hisbroncowill get him out of your system.”
I burst out laughing.
Should I? Could I?
One look in Mina’s eyes fortified me. She’d always been braver with men than I was.
Maybe I will. Yeah. Maybe I will.
“What about you?” I asked. “Who’s your secret crush these days?”
She laughed. “Me? I’m on a hiatus. I don’t need a man in my life.”
Mina’s hiatus had been going on for a few years now. I don’t know how she lived without sex. It was a high priority in my life. Which might be why I was seriously considering going in there and dragging Amos to the closest bed I could find.
My ex, Tucker, and I had split up six months ago, and my poor pussy had been a ghost town since then.
And that may have played a role in my decision.
“Fine. I’ll do it. But you have to buy me a tub of ice cream if he turns me down.”
Mina howled at that. “I don’t think Amos haseverturned a woman down. It’s a deal. But you have to buymea tub of ice cream if you two hook up.”
With that threat hanging over me, I adjusted the neckline of my top to push the girls up, sucked in my stomach, and walked straight towards the front door of the Bear Den with more confidence than I actually possessed.
I was going to do it. I was going to snag that man and make him understand that I’m a woman.
I only made it four steps before a group of women I didn’t recognize surged in front of me, singing and laughing.
One accidentally elbowed me, and I stumbled back to avoid getting trampled, hitting the railing behind me.
