He jerked his thumb back to the restaurant. “She’s getting her things.”
I didn’t know what to say, but then again, what could you say to the first man to make your body react the way mine was? Nothing.
There was nothing you could say.
Years. Years of not having any sexual reactions to men, just going through the motions of sex like it was a chore. This was new to me. My skin heating, my breasts aching, and my—
Nope. Nope. Stop that, Kay.
“I didn’t catch your name,” he said, his voice smooth, like the whiskey on the top shelf of my uncle’s bar.
“It’s Kay.”
“Kay,” he repeated, as if he trying out my name on his lips, sampling it. He smiled at me, but it didn’t meet his eyes, andthat should have been my first clue. He wasn’t interested in me. He was just making conversation.
“Do you go to school with Gwen?”
I shook my head. “I’m an online student.”
He tilted his head, and I had to fight off the urge to jump him. What the hell was wrong with me? I needed to get out of here, to distract myselfwithsomeone.
That’s all this was, right? I was just horny…for the first time in years…
“Why are you looking at me like that?” His voice sent goosebumps across my body, leaving an icy trail behind. I cleared my throat, looking back at my car.
“I have to go.”
“Kay, wait—”
“It was lovely to meet you, Collin. I’m sure I’ll see you around,” I said, turning my body away from him. Despite my words, I needed to stay far away from him.
Thirty minutes later, I walked into Sullie’s and was greeted with a bar fight. Fucking lovely.
I watched as two men went at it, fists flying, bones cracking, tables and chairs falling. The crowd began to surround the men, the band on stage stopped playing, and then my brother came through the kitchen door with a baseball bat in his hand.
“Hey!” he bellowed as he jumped over the bar top, his feet landing in the middle of the crowd. “No fucking fighting!”
A hand landed on my shoulder, but I knew who it was. Dom. Without looking at him, I said, “Never a dull moment, huh?”
“Never here,” he sighed. Something in his voice had me twisting my neck to look up at him. His dark eyes were focused on Jer as he lifted his chin to the bar. “Best get yourself somewhere. There is about to be a stampede.”
“Don’t have to tell me twice,” I muttered with a smirk on my face as I hopped over the bar before swinging my legs over.Dom and Sullie had mastered the art of clearing a room, and I learned at a very young age to steer clear of the madness. I unzipped my jacket, stuffing it and my purse under the bar before going to the computer.
As Dom yelled at the crowd, and Jer slammed a man into the bar, I clocked in. Looks like my homework would have to wait.
“You got three seconds to get the fuck out of this bar before I break your necks!”
Mentally, I began counting as I started to clear off the beer bottles and glasses from the bar.
One.
Two.
Three.
I heard a gun being loaded and then multiple sets of feet rumbling across the wood floors. They still needed to pay—
I turned around and jumped on the counter. “Hey! They need to close out their tabs, Dom!” I yelled breathlessly. I was out of shape. Jer looked up at me, shaking his head trying to conceal his laughter. The bastard. Wordlessly, he walked to the men held by Dom, and he held out his hand.
