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“Brody, can I borrow you for a irlfriend, Rainey, interrupts “You don’t mind, do you, Charlee?”

“Not at all” I wink, silently thanking her for saving me from his overprotective bullshit

The tension in his body immediately dissipates when she leans into hi onhim like this Prior to Rainey, he was the very definition of a playboy She turned his world upside down and he couldn’t be happier about it Those two are living proof that the right partner can bring out the best version of yourself

I wait until they’re out of sight beforeat the bar across the room with his back turned, so he doesn’t notice me until I take a seat on the stool next to him

I trailme a drink?”

I don’t miss the way his beefy muscles flex as I touch him He’s taken off his suit jacket so they’re definitely reen dress shirt

He clears his throat as he turns toward ?”

“How about an Old Fashioned?”

He nods and places my order with the bartender

Drew’s eyes twinkle in alass in front of hi out all by your lonesome?”

He takes the whiskey back fro a drink”

I sage held “The drinks are free in there”

“Maybe I wanted some air”

I nod in reement “That makes senseif there was an open door or here close”

He chuckles “What are you getting at, Charlee?”