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a sip of my wine and nodded. “Yeah, my parents are great. Sometimes a little too overprotective, as you witnessed earlier. By the way, I’m very sorry for my dad’s abruptness.”
    “No worries. It must be tough on a guy having a beauty of a daughter like you.” I felt my face heating up once again over his compliment as I looked away. “Hey,” he whispered, taking my hand across the table. I lifted my head, finally locking eyes with him. “You really need to learn how to take a compliment. A beautiful girl like you is going to be getting a lot of them in life so you may as well get used to it and just accept them with dignity.”
    A smile spread over my face. “Thank you,” I managed to get out, feeling his warm hand in mine. As I stared into his eyes, I couldn’t help but think, he wasn’t like most guys my age, who had a limited attention span that only included sex and partying. There was definitely something about him that made him stand out from the others but I just couldn't put my finger on it. 
    “Becca.” I was broken from my trance as I looked up to find my dad standing over the table. He looked down at Drew and our hands latched together before shooting me a look of displeasure. I removed my hand from Drew’s and cleared my throat. “Your brother isn’t feeling well so we have to get going.”
    “Well, Dad, I have to stay. I promised Mrs. Barrett–”
    “I don’t care what you promised her, your brother is sick and we are your transportation home.”
    “I can take you home, Becca,” Drew chimed in.
    I smiled at his suggestion. I wasn’t ready to leave at all. Contrary to how I was feeling in the beginning of the night about this whole function, I was having a great time here with Drew. “No, that won’t be necessary. Becca can just–”
    “Dad, I am staying. I told Lynn that I would do this, and Drew has donated a good amount of money to this charity. I will see you later tonight.” He glared at me in disbelief. Normally, I was always the obedient daughter who never went against my father’s wishes, but tonight he wasn’t going to win this battle. I raised my eyebrow at him. “I will be fine, Dad.”
    He shook his head and gave me a cautious look before turning his attention to Drew. “I’ll be waiting up for her to make sure she gets home in one piece.”
    “Not a problem,” Drew responded.
    He sighed deeply before walking away and disappearing into the crowd. I shook my head in total irritation. “Again, I am so sorry,” I apologized to Drew.
    His smile widened. “No need to keep apologizing, Becca. Just forget all about it and let’s have a great time.” I smiled back and was overcome with a strong sense of pride. I had actually stood up to my dad, letting him know that my feelings were just as significant as his. I wasn’t sure if it was the wine or Drew that gave me this newfound inner strength. Maybe it was just a little bit of both.
     
     
     
     

 

    Much to my dismay, the night was flying by. I had allowed Drew more than his allotted one dance that his bid had covered. It seemed like we were on the dance floor all night. I had lost count of our dances by the fourth one. Any skepticism that I had about him being like Ashton was washed away when Ashton tried cutting in on us and Drew wouldn’t allow him, telling him he had to get his money’s worth. I closed my eyes and leaned my head into his chest as he pulled me closer. I inhaled his cologne with its hints of cedar, spice, and musk and couldn’t get enough of it. He smelled so good. So masculine. His muscular arms wrapped around me just felt so perfect. I wasn’t feeling like my normal awkward self. For once in my life, I was relaxed and not worrying about what I was doing wrong or achieving more. I was content with the moment that I was in. The music ended but we were still swaying back and forth.
    “Becca,” he whispered in my ear.
    “Hmm….” I didn’t want to remove my head from his chest. I