ab a sexy, badass dress - El

as the gay best friend I never had, and the thought made me smile. My last best friend? Yeah, I

g down my dress but not in a creepy way. "Gir

and sarcastic

ad work tomorrow. But I told myself, YOLO. I needed this. I just wasn't going to

the floor, and the air reeked of smoke, sweat,

sive for a sm

er blending with bass. I was just starting to relax wh

asked, lea

ere fixed on the entrance. Then he le

ever comes out-es

owed h

he music dulled, the crowd blurred, and for a brief second, it

for my breath to hitch. Then he looked away, spea

"you're fine. He's

deep voice cut

ropped. "Oh m

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t v

ing. Impossi

I was supposed to work for tomorrow. Standing inches away from

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esting place for my new PA to be spe

I was

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outh, but not

at awkwardly. "She w

ian's gaze shifted to him for barely a second,

organ," Lucian said fi

make sure I heard him over the bass. H

dressed like someone who works for me

n - lighter, colder. He disappeared into the crowd before I coul

sed, grabbing my arm. "Do you realize yo

ng at where Lucian had vanished. My heart was racing

something about bad luck and

danced halfheartedly to the next song, even as Eli pulled m

ey

vo

that made my pulse d

t in the other, I couldn't stop replaying it in my hea

nd fell onto the couch,

t embarrassed.

elt was... s

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nable. D

yes met, something de

essa," I whisp

him twic

ut him? His voice echoed in my head, deep an

him. Arrogant bastard. And yet...my chest tightene

d against the window,

beyond the cottag

, I might've seen them - those same