's

mpletely as I wandered aimlessly thro

rain, but I didn't care. At last, I stopped in front of a building alive wit

y, I couldn't afford to buy a drink in a place li

e thought in my mind: forget. Forget Nathan. Forget Sarah. For

im a glare that said, Don't even test me tonight.

quor and perfume. People laughed, danced, and fli

eels clicking on the marble floor. "Whi

" he asked, eyeing me

I look like I'm in

he counter. I knocked it back in one sip, w

," I req

unsure?" I snapped. He shrugged and poured me another drink. One drink

c blurred into a muted roar. "Bad nig

y hazy, to see a man leanin

and unreadable. His dark hair was slicked back, a

nt," I muttered, gestur

artender. "Put her

ur help," I said, nar

eady to warn him to stay away from me, but something about him made me pause. He wasn't like th

ferent. Confident. Co

I asked, my voice

alking to me, Alexander Steele?" "Because you seem like you've made a bad decision

I muttered, thinking

scorned," he s

ess-cheatin

im. "How do yo

look like someone whose life h

him. "And you're what? Some k

my eyes and faced my drink again. "Well, than

rm against my ear. "Maybe not, but

ted to him. I shouldn't be talking to him, shouldn't even consider it, bu

tion are you suggesting?"

tly, the sound

you forget about ever

him, my hea

just exactly what I wanted. "Fin

quite tell what it was, and he extended hi

r, laughter into whispers, and whi

er said at some point,

my pulse quickened at t

we both need to

lose myself completely, even if only for a f

e second we were at the bar, the nex

thick with tension."You're drun

g. He sighed, running a hand through his hair.

shot back, my feelings surfacing. "So, are you goi

t, I thought he would walk away. But then

ng with fire,

ispered. "I

In one swift move, he closed the gap be

eeded to forget. I barely recalled how we ended up

roamed my body, his touch igniting a f

d me. The alcohol claimed victory, and I lost c