Sea Breeze 03 - While It Lasts

waking up in a stranger’s condo.
    “I’ve missed you,” she slurred then cackled with laughter as she spun around in front of me and threw her arms back around my neck.
    “ Last I checked you weren’t a real big fan of mine,” I replied.
    “Oh, no! I’ve always been a fan of yours.” She ran a fingernail down my face and across my bottom lip. Her eyes were zoned in on my mouth. Shit.
    “You’re not a drinker , Ama nda. What’s with you tonight?” I needed to distract her because I was sure as fuck not going to let her kiss me. That was the last thing I needed. Eva was already dwelling on the fact I’d had a threesome. If she saw some girl kissing me I was pretty damn sure I’d lose any chance of her ever seeing me as something other than a player.
    “You know what I’ve always wondered, Cage?” Amanda asked , leaning into me. I took a step back and she began to wobble so I grabbed her waist to steady her.
    “What’s that Amanda?” I started scanning the crowd for someone to come to my rescue.
    “What it’s like to kiss the famous Cage York. Girls fall mindlessly at your feet. You must be doing something r ight,” she leaned up on her tip toes and I moved back fast. If she fell on her drunk ass then she deserved it. The girl shouldn’t be out alone like this.
    “I won’t tell Marcus,” she promised staring up at me. “We can go outside to my car. No one will see.”
    I glanced back toward the table. I needed Preston’s help, now. His eyes were looking directly at us and he wasn’t happy.
    “Help me,” I mouthed.
    Amanda’s hands were now clasped behind my neck again. “I know you want to. Bad boys like you want to do it anywhere they can.”
    Holy SHIT! What had gotten into her?
    I checked to see if Preston was close when I saw him stalking through the crowd. He reached us and wrapped his hands around Amanda’s waist. “ Come on Amanda. I’m taking you home.”
    “ Nooooo . You’r e not my daddy. Go away Preston.” S he reached for me and I stepped back again.
    “He’s right. You need to go home.”
    “But don’t you want to take me outside alone?” she asked in a hurt voice.
    Preston shifted his gaze to me and the murderous glare flashing in his eyes was not something I was familiar with. The guy never got mad. What the fuck was with everyone tonight?
    “Her idea. Not mine. I ’ve got a date,” I reminded him.
    Preston smirked and nodded his head at something behind me, “Looks like you might be wrong there. She seems to be having herself a fine time without you.”

    Eva was dancing with some guy. Some random strange guy. I’d asked her to dance and she’d turned me dow n but this dude comes out of no where and she dances with him?

Eva

    “I still can’t believe you’re here. When I turned around from ordering my drink and saw you sitting over at a table I thought I was seeing things.”
    Brett Cortwright was one of the closest guy friends Josh had in high school. When he’d walked up to the table I’d been so happy to see a familiar face. Cage had gone off dancing with yet another blonde. I shouldn’t be mad at him because he’d asked me to dance and I’d said no out of fear. All the same, I was mad. I was hurt. I was jealous.
    “I’m slowly starting to get out again. Jeremy is leaving next month for LSU.”
    Brett frowned, “Really? You okay with that?”
    Why was that everyone’s immediate reaction? Did they all think I couldn’t survive without him?
    “I’m happy for him. It’s time he got back to his life. We’ve both been on pause for a while now.”
    Brett nodded his head in agreement. A slower song started to play. “You up for a slow dance? I won’t bite,” he teased.
    I’d only ever slow danced with Josh. I started to say yes when Brett took a step back from me. Confused , I looked up at him and he was focused on something behind me.
    “Good idea. Go on. Get the hell away from her.”
    Cage’s angry snarl startled me and I spun around to see him glarin g at Brett. What was he doing? “ CA GE! Stop that, ” I demanded. “Don’t go anywhere , Brett.”
    Cage’s furious expression shifted to me. “You’re on a first name basis now? Is this what you’re looking for? A preppy momma’s boy with good fucking manners?”
    My blood was boiling. I’d never been this mad in my life. I stalked over until I was as close to being in Cage’s face as I could get.
    “It isn’t any of your business who I dance with. You can ap ologize