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sexy, confident smirk was back. In the same voice he’d used in the bar when he wanted to see the back of my dress, he rasped, “Prove it.”
    That voice , I thought as my belly quivered again. If I could listen to him talk while staring into his beautiful eyes with that body pressed against me, I would—
    Leaning forward, Colton interrupted my thoughts. “So are you going to show me these alleged tattoos? I’d like to see my work.”
    “You didn’t do these tattoos. A woman did.” I leaned forward and continued with a wink, “And anyway, there’s only one tattoo I can show you in public.”
    His eyes instantly clouded with a heated intensity as he shifted in his seat. “Show me what you can.”
    “You are so demanding,” I huffed playfully as I turned my head and bent my ear forward. The sensitive spot behind my ear showcased a small black heart.
    He reached over and ran the pad of his forefinger over the tattoo. I shivered. When he removed his skin from mine, I sat back and took a deep breath.
    “I like it. It suits you,” Colton complimented. “Did you get that one from Inkwell?”
    “No I got this one on my eighteenth birthday.” I shook my head at the memory.
    “Because of that face you just made, you have to tell me the story that goes along with that birthday tattoo.”
    “What?” I asked, taken aback by his perceptiveness.
    He just looked at me, sipping his milkshake, imploring me with his eyes.
    “There’s not much to tell. I’d wanted a tattoo since I was fifteen or sixteen. My parents were against the idea, but I thought if my sisters and I all got one together, it would bond us even closer.”
    “So what happened?”
    “Nothing. I was the only one who got it.” I shrugged nonchalantly. “It is what it is.”
    His eyes furrowed briefly. “Are you and your sisters close?”
    “So what ended up happening with your nephew and the cop?” I asked, abruptly changing the subject before taking a bite out of a fry.
    He rubbed his temples. “That dumbass was drunk and hit on some dude’s girl and they got into it. When the guy said that he was a cop, Mike came in to get me. By the time I ran outside, your security guard had handled the situation and the couple was gone.”
    “Wow...” I breathed under my breath, my eyes wide. “Happy Birthday, Vinnie.”
    “Yeah, I had to send him back home to his parents early.”
    “So Vinnie is your sister’s kid?” I asked curiously, sipping my milkshake.
    “Yeah, her birthday’s next month and I was going to visit her. But now that she thinks I corrupted her kid, I don’t know anymore,” he joked.
    I laughed and he joined in. The more I heard him laugh, the more I wanted to hear it.
    “Is there a big age difference between you and your sister? Because Vinnie is twenty-one, right?”
    “Vinnie is her step-son, but she raised him like he was her own since he was four years old. Even though they are only fifteen years apart, it worked. My sister, Corrine, married Tom, Vinnie’s dad when she was nineteen. He was twenty-five, I think. My parents were pissed at first. I mean, who gets married after a few months of dating?”
    My dad’s wedding invitation flashed in my mind and my body filled with anger. Taking a deep breath, I focused on Colton’s lips. They looked as soft as they felt. My lips tingled in remembrance, causing my anger to wane.
    “…They assumed the worst—she was going to drop out of college, get pregnant and then Tom would leave her high and dry. But seventeen years later, they are still going strong. And recently, they moved across town into our childhood home,” Colton finished with a nod.
    I smiled, “Good for them. Where’s back home?” I asked, sipping my milkshake.
    “Chicago.”
    My stomach dropped at the mention of my hometown. The city’s huge and made up of lots of different neighborhoods, but still. The thought of him being from the same city as me blew my mind. “Chicago?” I coughed, choking on my