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IT WAS COOL, DARK AND—MOST IMPORTANTLY—private in Clyde Ross’s wine cellar, which hy Tucker Cassidy had brought Laura, his girlfriend, down here

She’d had a lot to drink today, and when she drank, she got loud and obnoxious

She was also pissed at him at the moment

Laura angry, drunk and loud? Not a good combination, especially not while they were at the house of the owner of the St Louis Rivers Clyde Ross was Tucker’s boss, and the last thing he needed was his girlfriend e without Lauraat him in the middle of Clyde’s very nice, very fancy party

“I don’t think there’s anythingyour feet about the two of us ether”

Yeah that so wasn’t happening “We can talk about this when I take you hoht, Laura”

He’d brought her to the wine cellar in the hopes of cooling her down Plus, they were alone here and no one could hear them Okay, mainly no one could hear Laura, since she was the one as doing all the talking Loud talking She was like a dog with a favorite bone once she got on a topic

“We’ve been dating thole months, Tucker Don’t you think it’s time we make it official?”

It had been the most awful tholeLaura was a knockout Tall, with long dark hair, curves that just didn’t quit and the best ass he’d ever seen She was a cocktail waitress and they’ddrinks in the bar where she worked They hit it off right away and had gone out, had a night of hot sex and had started dating She’d been fun, adventurous, great in the sack and they had a lot in common

Plus, she liked baseball, and he played for the Rivers Not that it was a deal breaker if a woman he dated wasn’t a baseball fan, but it didn’t hurt if she was She’d coame, as opposed to other women he’d dated who claimed to but in fact didn’t know balls from strikes or a curve frooddamned crime

But as the weeks progressed, he’d noticed she didn’t hold her liquor well, and when she drank, she was not a fun drunk She was loud, obnoxious and she insulted his friends Whenever she allowed him to be around his friends Which lately wasn’t often because she’d also grown ether, she wanted to knohere he was and how soon he was co ball, she wanted him with her Only with her And she wanted him to account for every minute of his time

He didn’t need a reat one already

And now the past few tiether she’d thron hints about the two of theether He was so not ready for that

So now he had to redirect her and calot out of hand

“How about we check out Clyde’s awesome wine collection?”