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mistake. I’m sorry. Just...stay.”
    “Do you even know half the people here? Are they even your friends, or are they a bunch of strangers you want to impress?”
    His jaw clenched. “It’s a tradition,” he said tightly. “I open it up to anyone who wants to come, but I’m not trying to show off. Look, I was gonna tell you, but you seemed like you’d already prejudged the owner as an asshole.”
    He was right, but I didn’t care. I felt betrayed, and I wanted to get as far away as possible. If Dane hadn’t blurted it out, would James have told me? I had no idea if he could be trusted. How many times had I been disappointed by some male promising me things he never intended on doing?
    Suddenly, I was depressed. Why did this always happen? Was there ever going to be a guy I fell for who had integrity? I pushed my hair back. “Forget it. I need to get back to the hotel and meet my friends, and you need to get back to yours. Keep an eye on Tracey. And thanks for the drink.”
    “Quinn—”
    I ignored him, choosing to turn and walk out the other way instead of trying to get past him. I took the outside path past the pool, the bar, and down the gorgeous bluestone steps circling back down to the driveway. He didn’t follow me.
    I didn’t think he would.

 
    C APTAIN C ROW’S was crowded, hot, and exactly what I needed to get my mind off this afternoon and him . By the time I got back to the hotel, grabbed something to eat, and got ready to meet the girls, I’d burned off some of my steam but not enough. This time, I was done. I would find one super hot guy I could fall in temporary lust with—morals be damned—and sleep with him. Have my frikkin’ orgasm. And be happy.
    “Whoa, that is not a happy face, darlin’.” Mackenzie peeked from beneath her wide-brimmed sunhat that made her look more movie star than disguised ordinary college student. “But at least you dressed appropriately. ’Bout time.”
    Her gaze was all appreciation and approval. I’d fished out the sexy black halter dress and fuck-me heels hidden in the bottom of my suitcase. I put on a bit of lipstick and mascara, then curled my hair so it had a nice wave to the ends. Halfway tripping on the killer stilts I wasn’t used to, I slid into the vacant bar stool they had saved for me.
    Cassie slid over a drink, and waited till I sipped the familiar concoction of Sex on the Beach. Now if I could only get some on the beach instead of drinking it, I’d be set. “What’s up? We leave you for one afternoon and you combust. I told you, Mackenzie. It’s not a good idea to be split up.”
    Mackenzie rolled her eyes and did a lovely snort that I could never pull off without sounding like a pig. “If we stay together, no one gets laid. You guys would stay at the pool all day and never talk to anyone but each other.”
    My gaze met Cassie’s and I sighed. Yep, that’s exactly what we’d do and probably be happy. Maybe Mackenzie was right. Hell, she must be, since she already zeroed in on the guy with the tats and the lovely voice. If he was a musician to boot, she’d be toast. Goodbye technical virginity, as she liked to say. I always thought it was a hoot she was still a virgin, and she was the most outgoing, flirtiest in our crew.
    Cassie sighed. “Yeah, I guess,” she said glumly.
    “Oh, for God’s sakes, I’m not sentencing you to jail for the week! I swear, if both of you don’t find someone by tomorrow, I’ll find him myself.”
    “I thought I did,” I muttered, burying my face in the drink.
    “What? Who? When? Who?” Mackenzie demanded.
    Anger still burned in my veins. I related the story briefly to my friends and my body relaxed a bit. Alcohol and girlfriends were the best antidotes to stupid men.
    Cassie tapped her lip thoughtfully. “That’s an odd thing to want to hide. You’d think he’d be bragging about his money and house to snag you. Right?”
    I shifted uncomfortably on the seat. “Well, yeah, but he had plenty of