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"Ohthis way!" another one screeches

He’s staring right at aze frolike crazy I don’t look like a fool

Drew sends ht back But he doesn’t co on and on about him They need to know he’s mine I’m desperate for them to know he’sto approach hiet me first

"Your boyfriend is here," Jen shouts in , I never takebeat "I know," I shout back

"He’s looking at you like he wants to gobble you up" Jen laughs as she s He is totally looking at me like he wants to eat ive hin I want hi this way!" One of the irls screaht toward me

I wait in breathless anticipation as he walks toward me He’s taller than most of the people here and he stands out Or maybe that’s because I notice no one else but hi stretches across his shoulders and chest Howattoaze

"Hi," he says but I can hardly hear hieous, I can’t resist theive him a sweet kiss on that irresistiblehis

He settles those big hands on sfro ood to be the girl who gets the guy for once

Drew

It took ripe about Adele and whatever else she was doing I didn’t want to hear it But he needed to unload I sensed that and so I let him Until finally I checked the ti for ood and pissed at , too

I finally drive et inside, which was no sirlfriend out of there and then ere leaving The line to get in was huge The guy ured out who I was real quick and was a major football fan so I lucked out when he letup at ers playing into the oing to show," she yells atin close, I "

She nods, her fragrant hair brushing againstme inhale sharply "I wondered if that was the case"

Her friend she’s with touches Fable on the aro We both wave at her and she leaves, threading through the crowd until it ss her up The song changes, still fast though not as hyped up as the previous one, and Fable swivels her hips, the s

Sexy as hell

"I ainstturned on and the earlier tension I dealt with over the stupid divorce I wish he hadn’t called He ruined irl senses it too Her s, not wanting to dwell on a bunch of bullshit tonight I want to focus only on her "I’ other people’s problems and stress, which I know is ridiculous but I can’t help it"

Her frown softens but it’s still there She probably feels sorry for me and I don’t want her to I want her free and beautiful and flirtatious Fable behaving like this makes me feel free "I can help you with that," she says, her voice full of promise

I dip my head to hear her better "You can?"

"Oh, yeah You need to learn how to let go of all your troubles" She whispers the words ina jolt of lust straight throughme here is the first step"

I settle my hands on her hps and pull her in closer Theand the crowd is thick But with Fable’s ar around my neck, her body close to mine, it’s like we’re the only two people in this room "First step to what?" I ask, confused My brain literally fries when I’htly downlike two normal people who are madly in love and can’t keep their hands off each other," she ht before she kisses me

I drown in the taste of her, in the feel of her sinful body snug against me I slide my hands back and forth over her ass and she whiht threwme hard

Dae like this with her We’re coain, a popular song that’s been overplayed on the radio, though no one here seeirl She’s withdrawn co her kiss-swollen lips, and she startsto the beat "Dance with aze dropping to her hips The way shetoo, and she puts on a show, just for ht jeans she’s wearing, how she thrusts her chest out as she lifts her arms above her head The white lace of her bra peeks above the neckline of the tank she’s wearing beneath the plaid button-up shirt and without thought I grab her Let ainst me

"You don’t dance?" She arches a brow and I do the sa co Her hps shift beneath ainstover her shoulder, she offerswhile I keep my hands on her I pull her closer Closer still until her back is nestled to my front and I slip ainst her stohs, and I swear I feel her treone wide, her lips glistening as if she just licked theot here and I’m ready to claim my prize

Her She’s all I want All I’ll ever want

I never believed in the fairy tale, even when I was a little kid My life has been full of tragedy since my mom died My illusions were shattered completely when I was fifteen years old I became such a shell of myself, I never believed anyone could truly accept and love me It sounded pitiful when I adh my entire life alone, but it was the truth I felt co with Fable, all of those old, harsh feelings are slowly evaporating She lovesthat’s happened to me in my life and she doesn’t care She wants to help me, stand by me, be there for me notoo fast, wanting toFable inup at me froirl I want by my side forever She’s embedded herself so co without her