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He shrugged his shoulders. “Now, she has become one of my best friends and I protect her from guys like you. She’s nursing a wound and she doesn’t need a Playah like you to add fuel to the fire.”
    I watched her dancing with Dane. “I can see that she’s different. I knew it the second she got out of her fancy car and strutted toward me in the middle of the road where she plowed into my car.” I turned back to Jessie. “I want to ask her out on a real date. What’s it gonna take for you to be okay with that since you seem to be her acting bodyguard?”
    He shook his head in disapproval. “There’s nothin’ that would make me be okay with that.”
    The arrogant bastard acted as though he was so much different from me. Before this Claire chick came along, I distinctly remember that he was just like me. “Come on, Boone. I promise I won’t try anything with her.”
    He shook his head again. “No way. I don’t trust you with her.”
    He was being such a pain in the ass. “She’s a big girl and you’re not her daddy. She can make up her own mind about going out with me.”
    He sat back and crossed his arms. “I’ve already warned her about you so she’ll never agree.”
    Hearing that he had cock blocked me wasn’t news. “Yeah, I gathered that from the way she questions my every move.”
    He looked pleased with himself. “Good. That means she listened to me.”
    I didn’t need his permission. “I don’t care what you think or what you told her. I’m asking her out.”
    “She’s had two Long Islands in under an hour. She doesn’t handle liquor well and she’s going to be trashed any minute so I’m giving you the courtesy of a warning. You and I are friends, but we won’t be for long if you take advantage of her. You got it?”
    I held my palms up innocently. “I’ve got it, man. I give you my word that I won’t take advantage of her. I will not try to get into her panties tonight.” Tonight was the only promise I would make regarding that.
    I looked up and saw Claire sitting down at our table. “You’ll have me to answer to if you do. Then, I’ll turn you over to this one and I promise she’ll make it very painful for you.”
    I heard a slow song beginning to play and I killed the rest of my beer before I was on my feet stalking toward Payton and Dane. “I’m cutting in.”
    Dane shrugged and looked at Payton for her permission, letting me know they were definitely only friends.
    She’ll rolled her eyes and shook her head. “Sure. Why not?”
    Dane let go of Payton and I stepped closer to take her in my arms. She looped her arms loosely around my neck as I placed my hands on her hips and we began to sway to the beat of the music. She peered up into my eyes and with one look I could tell the alcohol was beginning to hit her pretty hard because she had that drunken glaze coming over her eyes.
    She leaned back a little so she could focus on my face better. “You know what? You’re twice as hot when I’m seeing double.”
    I’d be thrilled to hear that if she wasn’t trashed or if I hadn’t promised Jessie I wouldn’t get into her panties tonight. “Drinks kicking in, huh?”
    “I believe they are and it’s ‘bout time. I have things I need to forget.”
    Jessie said that she was nursing a wound and I wondered what idiot could have been stupid enough to hurt this beautiful girl.
    She tightened her grip around my neck a little more and hung on tighter although I suspected it was more for support than flirtation. “I love this song.”
    I had not been paying it any attention, so I carefully listened, but didn’t recognize it. “I’ve never heard it before. What’s the name of it?”
    “It’s ‘Heaven’ by The Fire Theft.”
    I listened to it a little more. “It’s a cool song. I like it.”
    She leaned back a little and searched my face with unsteady vision. “Why did you ask me to dance? I’ve been a total bitch to you since the moment we met.”
    Because I can’t