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Beckettabout hiet him and so I needed to as well

Leah grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the bar When ere out of earshot of Steve, she squeezed me

“Seriously, Mira, you should just hook up with Beckett He was seriously into you and would probably be really hot in bed”

“I don’t know”

“Oh, you!” She crossed her arer you wait to have sex with someone, the harder it’ll be”

“I want it nice and hard,” I said and snorted at the look on her face

She laughed with me for a moment but then turned serious “Find soinity Free yourself and move on You know you have to do this eventually If you pick up soless sex, it won’t be such a huge deal when you do meet someone you like”

I took in a deep breath There were days when I craved feeling awith anyone I fantasized about facelessht,from the dream alone

I needed a man Bad

Leah was right

But Beckett? I wasn’t so sure he was the right one Despite being hot as hell, he was far too close to what I was used to

He was too much like Dan

We arrived at Milano’s late, and the party was already in progress, the laser lights flashing, the dubstep blaring People danced in clusters on the dance floor and the tables were packed ell-dressed and well-heeled men and women in their mid-twenties to late thirties Waitresses in black h the tables to deliver drinks, and the VJ danced to his music on the far wall

The ht away and I wanted to dance and celebrate but we had to get a drink first and the only thing I drank at these places was beer or vodka coolers I’d heard tooelse

I stood by the bar while Leah ordered and paid for our drinks I ordered a local craft beer and she had a Bud Light While I waited for her, I glanced around the bar and was startled when I saw Beckett I recognized the dirty blond hair but instead of being unruly as it had been earlier, it was combed back and looked stylish instead of wild Instead of wearing faded jeans and a leather bomber jacket, he wore an impeccable black suit, crisp white shirt and silky black tie He looked like a million bucks and was deep in conversation with two other well-dressed lanced over in my direction, Holy Mother of God…