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I look around the room and spot a beautiful woht back”

I’ve returned with the dancer in tow less than a minute later I kick back in my chair to watch the show as she approaches Drew

Tawny—that’s the naers over his shoulder “Well, hello there, handsome Your friend here says you’d like a dance”

His mouth tips up in the corner “Oh, I’d love a dance, honey” He’s speaking to her—I think—but his eyes haven’t leftme since we sat down, come to think of it It’s as if all of the naked boobs in the room suddenly disappeared

Tawny begins her routine, rolling her supple body against hi her arm around the back of his neck She reht before doing that bend-and-snap thing strippers are so good at The entire tiaze never strays fro if I said that didn’t turn ht now, they could probably ht as a Slip-n-Slide When our three minutes are up, Tawny stands, takes the tip I offer, and saunters away

I tilt my head to the side “Was Tawny not your type?”

He takes a long pull from his beer “Why do you ask that?”

“You just didn’t seem that into it”

His gaze transfor smolder, people!

“Yeahfunny thing about that Apparently, strippers just don’t do it for h I didn’t realize that until a few o Must be this woman that I’m

interested in Haven’t been able to get her off my mind for months”

I lift a brow “Oh yeah? Do I know this lucky lady?”

“I think you know her very well, Charlee”

“Oh my God, it’s not my nonna, is it?” I widen my eyes in horror for effect

He chuckles “No, definitely not your grandet that ever happened, thank you very much”