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Bodies pressed close, and Josie could feel sweat dripping down the back of her neck The guy in the red shirt ainst her and for a minute she let hi around Josie felt like she was spinning too The guy’s hand moved over her ass, back up her hip Why not? He was cute and Josie sne and when he leaned toward her, she smelled beer on his breath Josie closed her eyes, the vision of two little s her brain Her eyes shot open, and she spun away fro distance between thehed, but annoyance flashed in his eyes God, it’s hot And that feeling of being reet away “I’ away from him
In her peripheral vision, she saw the guy begin to follow her and slipped between a group of girls, losing hiht She spotted a fa at the end of the bar and while she wove through the crowd, a srinned “Hey you,” Cooper greeted, giving her a big hug “I didn’t know you were going to be here tonight”
“I’an Who I think has ditchedCooper a ful look “Last ti out”
Cooper shot her a wry sy Evan? The stone-cold hunk?”
Josie laughed They’d been annoying Reagan with really bad geology puns for weeks
“The one and only She really digs hihs, which dissolved into real ones Josie grinned “Reagan always gets her man”
“I’ve noticed,” Cooper said, rolling his eyes “Can I buy you a drink?”
“S
ure” She was tipsy and heading toward drunk Just where she wanted to be She gripped the collar of her shirt and used it to fan the overheated skin beneath her clothing
Cooper and Josie stood at the bar chatting and laughing for a little while, which helped Josie’s mood improve Cooper attended UC too, and he worked at a local coffee shop where she and Reagan hadHe was funny and sweet, always had a s with hi, but unfortunately for her—and every other female in Cincinnati—he was not interested in the female persuasion
She laughed as Cooper told a story about a custo those of an oldera beer He was handso professor or a teacher’s aide He sled She was teet the melancholy that didn’t seeht He’d make her feel wanted, happy But it’d be teht confused her slightly She’d never pondered that before, and definitely didn’t want to in the midst of a packed meat market She’d come here for temporary Hadn’t she?
She broke eye contact and took a long sip of her drink, atte to recapture that carefree in and tonics and via Cooper’s charaze had lingered When his eyes returned to her, his broas raised “Nice Very nice” He glanced back oneat you Go ask him to dance”
She shook her head, gathering her resolve No, a one-night stand would onlyEspecially now Don’t do it, Josie “Nope I’m on a hiatus from men at the moment Especially older men” With wives And children Her , and suddenly her buzz soured She felt annoyed Sad Lonely The y Everyone was too close Jostling her, pressing, touching She used the collar of her shirt to bring more air to her skin
Cooper atching her “I think another round is called for”
She shook her head but forced a sot his eye on you”