Page 27 of Body of Trust

“He won’t come over here. Trust me.”

Her body sways as she peeks over my shoulder. “From the way he’s staring at us, he certainly looks interested.”

She’s wrong. He doesn’t look interested. He’s annoyed, mostly at the fact that we’re here at a club when, according to him, I’m not safe.

The bartender brings our drinks, and I slide a twenty over to him, catching a glimpse of Jesse to my left. He tightens his jaw as his nose flares with the sharp breath he takes.

Sienna and I cheers. As I drink, I stare at Jesse and let him know I see him and don’t care about his pissed off face.

The room turns red from the intense lighting that changes colors with the song pace. As it electrifies blue, I put my back against the bar and look at the dance floor, which is now a rainbow of colors.

Three men are a few feet away. One of them is eyeing Sienna up and down, practically undressing her with his eyes. She doesn’t notice until a guy with a red shirt and sweat beading on his upper lip, comes over to talk.

“You wanna dance?” he asks her.

“No, thank you,” she answers immediately.

He doesn’t seem to take the hint. “We’re nice guys. Is it wrong to want to dance with a beautiful woman?”

“We’re waiting for our boyfriends,” I chime in.

One of them scowls. “That’s what girls say when they’re blowing a guy off.” He creeps up close to Sienna. “You got a problem with my boy?”

“No means no.” She stares him down. “Just because you ask me to dance doesn’t mean I have to.”

The tallest one sidles up to my side and leans in. “Your friend is awfully defensive.”

I look at him and raise a shoulder. “Yours doesn’t seem too keen to being told no.”

He laughs and takes that as an invitation to invade my personal space. “What about you, pretty thing? You want to dance?”

I step away from him. “I don’t dance.”

“And like my friend said, our boyfriends are coming,” Sienna adds.

They don’t appear to believe us as one of them spits on the floor and hisses, “I don’t like your type.”

“And what type is that?” Sienna gets in his face, not afraid of his attitude.

I, on the other hand, can feel my heart pulsing at the altercation.

She weaves an arm around Jesse’s waist and pulls him into her. “What’s going on over here?” Jesse appears behind the guys.

Sienna grins. “Told you my boyfriend was coming.”

As Jesse parts through the guys to get to us, he doesn’t hesitate to knock them with his shoulders as he glares down at them.

“These guys giving you a problem?” he asks me with a glare in his eye, making the guys step back.

“No problem here,” the tall one says, tapping his friends on the shoulders. “We were just asking the girls to dance.” Luckily, he gets his friends to walk away without another word.

Sienna laughs as she hugs Jesse. “Check out who’s our knight in shining armor! Those guys were total creepers and not our type. Some people just can’t take no for an answer. Can we buy you a drink?”

He shakes his head. “I’m good. You okay?” His question is pointed toward me.

I give a small smile. “No harm, no foul.”

His eyes hold mine as Sienna gulps down her drink and sets the empty glass on the bar. “Now that the trash has been taken out, I need to dance. Come on, girl.”