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Dropping ear, I took their pen and scrawled my name across the nuave theh fives, then ducked inside the tunnel to the locker room

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p; Everyone got changed and onto the bus to the hotel It had been a long stretch on the road The bus was quiet on the way there, back-to-back ga wiped everyone out We’d be hoh

I hadany music I didn’t need to add to the chaos in my brain Declan, Emmett, and Heath bolted to their rooms before the bus had come to a complete stop in front of the hotel, probably for soht and headed into the hotel bar Maybe a drink would quiet h my head on a constant loop I couldn’t escape, not that I wanted to She had stared into ainst my hand, and I wanted to freeze thatkiss had been burned into my mind, but the one in her dance studio was seared into my soul

Scanning the shelves, I looked for a bourbon I could sinka drink and some food, I took a spot at the far end of the bar as far away froet Up in the corner, a silent replay of the galowed on the TV

I checked the tiive Liv a call It wasn’t too late

“What are you doing down here all alone?”

I gri my back up to my shoulder and down my arm

“Don’t worry, honey I don’t bite” The tall, slender brunette sat down, choosing the stool next to mine out of the thirty other empty seats in the entire place, and she didn’t take her hand off nition I bit back a curse Puck bunny It was the downside of team hotels—women like her knew exactly where we’d be

Normally this wasn’t an issue and cut down on a lot of the talking needed to get someone into bed, but that hadn’t been ht of lint, like she was a hungry Rottweiler and I was a meaty pork chop

I dropped my arm off the bar and slipped out of her hold The bartender slid a glass across to er and fries My stomach rurier than I’d thought I turned and picked it up with both hands, broadcasting all the signals of leave er had ood as Fish’s, but it hit the spot

“It was a great gaht,” she purred beside me

“One got pasta couple fries into my mouth

“But you stopped eight other shots” She preened, leaning in Her chest rubbed against my elbow

The ht’ve considered her attention I would have gotten out soy in a sweaty, lust-fueled session that would have left her with an inability to walk and a satisfied smile she’d wear for a week, but all I wanted to do at the moment was eat my food and hope Liv could squeeze in a little time to talk to me before I passed out