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Her now-focused hazel eyes were as pleading as her tone, and she backed away froo now" Her voice was irl? That’s notover hi If they were true, it would’ve been a dah hell to have her in his bed
Chapter Four
"So wait, first and e?"
Courtney couldn’t stop her crack of laughter as she aze in the bathrooood She’d been a walking ball of nerves for the past ten days, terrified of running into Rafe somewhere with no idea what she’d say to him when she did Add to that a shit day at the hospital with her new boss, and a girl’s night out with Cat was exactly what she needed
They’d been at Sully’s for less than an hour when a couple beers had loosened her tongue, and Cat had all but dragged her into the restrooet the dirty details on Rafe
"Well, spill it, woed "I didn’t see it I didn’t seeI was…" She lowered her voice to whisper and peered around before continuing, "…facedown on the car hted guffaw echoed through the room, and Courtney shushed her furiously
"We’re the only ones here, doofus So what’s this about facedown?" Cat swept a paper towel over the sink area to dry off a spot and hoisted her tris folded crisscross "There is literally no possibility of you leaving this bathrooaze flickered to the door "You feeling froggy, then juht now, you’ll never make it You’re in espadrilles, I’azelle if I have to"
Courtney didn’t doubt it, but she was still weighing her options, unsure whether reliving the encounter out loud would be , when a knock sounded at the door
"Soh-pitched voice called
The relief must have been evident on her face because Cat slashed her hand across her own throat in warning before calling back, "Yes And sorry, it’s going to be a while Bad Thai food" She added a long, loud groan for good le-stall bathroom behind the dance floor"
Her declaration wasclickety-click of heels on hardwood After a few seconds, she beckoned Courtney with a hand before propping her chin on her fists like a child waiting for a bedtime story "Continue"
Courtney sank into the tiny vanity chair in the corner with a resigned sigh There had been a tiland last year and met Shane and his friends, that a conversation like this would have been io out for drinks or gossip about guys with Because of Wes
Her stomach churned as she rehts aside She was here now, and she had four great friends and one…whatever the hell Rafe was The point was, she wanted to share the good stuff with Cat Maybe talking it through would give her some previously unattainable clarity
"Okay, so what did I already tell you?"
"Nothing," Cat said with a snort of disgust "You said you had an ‘uncoot weird and you stopped co around like a butt-face"
She deserved that jab She’d skipped last Friday’s happy hour and a day trip to the lake in an effort to avoid Rafe, and Cat was rightfully irritated by the blow-offs Hopefully, once she laid it all out for her, she’d understand Act one of learning to trust again was starting now She took a slug of her beer and settledto take a while
"It really started at the reception," she began slowly, trying not to give any credence to the bubbly sensation rising in her chest as she told the story So strange that she’d expected being dominated would remind her of what it was like to feel weak, because in those er
By the tiot to the part where he tore off her underwear, she was grinning like a teenage girl with her firstat her, wide-eyed
"So Hot," she whispered, her fingers fluttering at her throat
"You don’t know the half of it The things he said" Courtney fanned her heated face and shook her head, at a loss as to how to put her feelings into words "The way he said them…"
"He made you feel like you were the sexiest, most desirable woing at her lips "Shane does that too, although maybe not quite the sa correlations between her relationship with her husband-to-be and Courtney’s own one-night not-quite fling with Rafe served as a ," she said, clearing her throat and springing to her feet "Anyway," she chirped brightly "You wanted to knohy I’ve been scarce That’s the reason We parted ways, but not before he issued a challenge of sorts Next time I see him, I’m supposed to tell hiet it ever happened" As if
Cat nodded, but looked a little green around the gills "Wow That’s big"