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SMACK!

Gavin’s hand was ripped away from my body and I watched in horror as he crulanced up at Braden as shaking out his already swelling fist, his chest heaving with fury as he glared down at Gavin The crowd had parted around us, watching, and I felt Adam and Ellie sidle up to us "What the hell was that?" I choked out, loud enough to be heard over the music that had incidentally been turned down a notch when the crowed ooohed at Braden’s punch

Braden shot me a dirty look "That is Gavin The friend who fucked Analise Why the hell were you talking to him like you know him?"

My mouth fell open as I turned to look at the personal trainer, watching as he got back on his feet Shock and disgust warred within lanced back up at Braden "I swear I didn’t know"

Gavin snorted and we looked back at hi at Braden "Looks like you s, Bray" His eyes scannedhistory repeats itself, because I’ve wanted between her legs for fucking weeks How about it, Joss? You fancy shagging a realOne minute he was at my side and the next he had Gavin on the floor, his fist pounding into hiain Adam darted past h the crowds to pick up a bloodied Gavin and hold hiht to Braden as the two faced off Braden pointed threateningly at Gavin "You stay the fuck away fro "Christ, you never hit ed your old lady, Bray Tease you about your latest skank and I’?"

Braden growled and lunged for hiain, and one of the bartenders helped Adam to hold him back "Get him out of here," Adam ordered the security and then his eyes narrowed on Gavin "I see you out on the street, I’ll knock your teeth through the back of your skull"

At Adam’s threat Gavin made a face and let the security manhandle him out of the club

I stared wide-eyed at Braden, not really even registering Gavin’s horrible words Braden had hit so me he’d never hit anyone since he was nineteen, he’d hit soled to process it, the blood still whooshing in ht, bud?" Ada, Braden’s eyes slid tohis way towards his office I shot a wide-eyed look over my shoulder at a worried Ellie, but didn’t stop the o over onand I tottered up against Braden’s ‘nice and big’ office desk as the door crashed shut behind us Very deliberately, Braden turned the lock

I waited, unnerved by this fire-breathing, scary cavely towards me "First, you wear that dress so everywith thebetrayed ainst his chest to no avail,"Hey!" I retorted "One: back off the dress I like it, so suck it up And two: I didn’t even knoho he was!"

If it was even possible his face got a whole lot cloudier I shivered, trying to step back, but the desk was inwith him!"

He’d never yelled at me before, and I flinched back, intimidated and pissed off in equal measure I shoved harder at his chest, but he only pressed into my hands like a damn cement block "Me?" I huffed incredulously "You ask ht off for this, and then I find out you’ve invited all your previous fuck buddies and girlfriends, and you spend the entire night flirting your ass off with er dissolve into hurt and with itlaid off early?"

I watched so up to grip ht to his My breath stuttered at the feel of his erection rubbing againstelectric between us, and it was really confusing being this angry and this turned on all at the sa out there," his voice was low, his head bending towards irls like to party and have a lot of friends who like to party That’s all it was"

"And the flirting?"