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I just didn’t give a fuck Dallas’s hands didn’t belong on Scarlet I stopped at her chair and without a word held out my hand She stared atas we stood there staring at each other
I hadn’t stopped to consider that she wouldn’t dance with ht about that I should have figured this wasn’t so she would consider But I didn’t dropto turn ht here in front of everyone Make the wound bleed I silently challenged her I knew she read it clearly in hty streak that ran thick in her veins The girl who threw caution to the wind and did as she pleased
Her small soft hand slipped intowhile she stood up beside ret this," she whispered
"Why stop ret stuff now, baby Seems I’m on a roll," I replied with a wink
Her eyes flashed I slidher away froh The kid needed to mind his own damn business
Scarlet
THIS WAS POTENTIALLY stupid Noit was stupid I kneas a bad idea But he’d caughtAsher and Dixie dance Seeing their happiness
Bray’s hand on my back felt as if it was placed on the most sensitive spot on led fro me how those hands had felt other places What they had done to me and the erotic mes a girl could never forget Sex with Bray Sutton was one of those things
I was one of many I was one of many I repeated that mantra in my head as Bray walked me onto the dance floor and pulled an to play over the speakers, taking the place of the band Dixie loved this song
I normally turned it off when it came on the radio The lyrics were too sweet Too roet in life But it fit Dixie and Asher’s love story well Alaze was onit Dancing this close to hi into his eyes was another thing I watched the others around us dance Brent see that I was truly happy to see
Steel and Meg were laughing as they danced I wondered if there was so had talked about Bray I doubted it
"Where are you living?" Bray askedit i
"Why?" was my response as I shifted my eyes upward to meet his
"Just curious I don’t intend to coh" His voice sounded hurt That caught uard
"Robertsdale, Alabama," I told him No reason to keep it a secret now Brent and Bray had healed Brent had s I didn’t have to be concerned he’d co choice" He s "
"I’ve had all the excitement I can handle I needed the opposite" Proof this man didn’t know me at all