s immediately landed on the lea

e'd been avoiding was right in front of her, so

were on her either. Mikayla gulped. He

outh from dropping open like an idiot. Up close,

at a proud angle. His skin was

h eyelashes like that, you constantly w

s harsh features. Without those feminine

He was looking at her expectantly

or? Oh, right. He'd a

n again? Oh, heck, s

tion with a trace of amusement.

idn't like that she'd allowed him to see t

d. "Why would I be looking

casually, not the slighte

he was arrogant and rude. No gentleman would

she repeated and m

the outside, it seemed like he mere

ly blocked Mikayla from

was someone standing there, blocking her path. Som

she could see that it would be hard for the person

a was nowhere in sight. She hadn'

l, almost as tall as this man so his head should s

aying attent

rom the looks they were now giving her, she

Mikayla turne

, eyes directed towards the stage. She was

she answer

surprised lo

know you're not g

ll, how do y

l it," she answered unhappily.

him, she instinctively knew that he

full male. Energy emanated from him even when all

hysically, but he could

That's good then. Saves me the tr

ce me t

that you don't know how to dance. I s

oice when he said Antoine's na

as that why he approached her? As som

she thought of it. She'd only started ta

her before Antoine ca

could she ge

ni is still speaking," she said, the

stage. "She's rounding

e and sure enough, Armani

ume now. Dance, mingle and have fun. And be s

egan to move around again. Mikayla groaned

He asked, stretching

ting to notice about him. He we

onfusion and he didn't give a

, if she turned him down, people would notic

led her to the centre of the roo

Her breath caught in her throat. His

rs, including his obvious reaction to her.

g her... people would

lier, he'd kept a respectable distance

eyes firmly on his chest to avoid see

so she was looking up at him. A shiver ran through

e. Oh, he knew the effect he

ld feel the effect she was also havin

ing tone that hit the pits of her stomac

ot hid

's just say tha

s so infuriating! So

aded person but in a few minutes of meeting her

like it. It matches your hair." He

oing, he'd pulled her hair band o

up. He pinned her hand gently under his and continued t

l mane breathe." He flattened her hair down

ou're doing!" She wh

scoffed. He could be an actor with those skills. Wa

ow your name," h

y, actually coming to the reali

n't a child or some sort of innocent, she knew tha

't interested. At least, in her head, she wasn't intere

to tell me your

not to give him any information about

nish into the night and they woul

ng event for the rest of her life, she would

et's talk about something else. Why are you t

that it wasn't too personal to answer. "Because

world woul

cy kids club,"

ve somethin

"And what w

hispered conspiratorially, "I do

it. This attracted attention to them as pe

gain and ended up planting he

quickly. "Sorr

hat I would mind all that much. Especially if you

in. "Yeah, right. N

waiting to take a bite out of her. Her libido was workin

fine too. We could head over to the ba

ppening

. "You're

she agreed, s

h a strange look. She sighed. This ma

ht, he'd noticed the moment she sai

e let go of her so suddenly that she stood there bl

ha

to leave yet. I want to talk more. But if you want to

d, knowing that he

and talk. I'll li

he hell did he think was going to happ

all evening. She was le

ensible thing to d