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timing,” Cage chimes in.
    “You broke up? I thought you were about to celebrate your twenty day anniversary in a couple of days?” I ask, wearing a sarcastic smile.
    “Look, we can’t dwell on the past. It obviously wasn’t meant to be so…” Ryker says, pausing as he reaches for Jess’s hand. Jess happily obliges. “You feel like having a smoke?” he asks.
    Jess giggles and simultaneously gives him her sexy eyes that only she can give. “I don’t smoke, but I’ve heard it’s actually pretty good for your health these days,” she says, putting her arm around his waist and heading off with Cage’s friend.
    So much for friends since sophomore year.
    “Do you feel like dancing?” Cage asks, smiling as he throws his wig back on and starts doing some ridiculous robot moves.
    “What the hell is the matter with you?” I ask.
    “ Me ? What’s the matter with you ?” Cage is now doing a mime imitation. I scoff at his moves and look away, trying to contain myself from bursting into hysterics.
    No such luck. I can’t stop laughing as he starts doing a backspin on my father’s floor. He springs up and tosses me his wig. “Here, this will help take the edge off,” he says. He looks sooo adorable to me, I can barely take it anymore.
    “You’re going to ruin my life, Cage West,” I say as I adjust the wig on my head.
    “Either that or make it a whole hell of a lot better.” He offers me a cocky smirk as he finishes off whatever was left in his cup.
    “You seem pretty sure of yourself.” Our eyes lock together for way too long.
    “I don’t know about that,” he pauses, “but I think I’ve got you figured out pretty good, Kenzzz,” he says, tilting his cup several inches above his mouth to let the last drop of alcohol drain into his lips. I find myself in a trance as I stare at his lips… I can’t help but wonder how good they would feel to mine.
    This guy is so ridiculously my polar opposite. And yet every time I’m around him the strangest things happen to me, like right now… just one kiss from this Cage West, just to see…
    You’re going insane McKenzie. Totally and utterly insane.
    I come to my senses and notice that Cage has slipped away from me. His soldier friend Ryker is coming towards me. God this boy is huge, looks like he’d make a good bodyguard. But somehow he has that gentle giant vibe going on at the same time which helps me relax even though he could flick me to the moon with his fingers if he wanted to.
    “What’s up kid? Great house you got here!” he throws his hand around my shoulder and takes an enormous sip from his cup of beer.
    “Thanks. It’s fine I guess.” I say.
    “Well, it was fine, until you let my boy move in,” he laughs and shakes his head.
    “Yeah seriously, probably not my best move,” I tease back.
    Ryker’s eyes shift as he leans closer to me. “He’s a loose canon, but a good guy to have on your side,” he says, winking at me.
    I swallow hard, wondering what he means by the whole loose canon thing. “Can I get some of that since I’m letting you trash my house?” I ask, pointing to his beer.
    He smiles and passes me his cup. I take a giant sip for myself. Is he messing with me?
    Ryker grins and looks at me. “Leave it to my boy to rent from a good looking girl like you, classic Cage move,” he says. I scoff at his compliment.
    Cage is basically not even close to my type , and even if he was, he’s way out of my league. Way out of it. And I’m pretty sure he knows that.
    “Oh I get it,” Ryker takes his cup back from me and starts to drink from it, “you’re one of those beautiful women who has everything going for her except…” He stops to polish off the beer in his cup and then continues, “except that you don’t believe in yourself.” He nods his head in approval of his own diagnosis about me.
    This isn’t anything I haven’t heard before. But I still know that Cage West would never be into someone like me.
    No. Way.
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