check!
He looked at his empty pint glass. Too late now. Whatever damage mightâve been in his beer was done. He felt okay, just buzzed. And getting drunker by the minute actually. He picked up his phone to text Kyle to come pick him up, but that damn picture of Aubrey and her date taunted him.
Her words from earlier weaseled their way into his brain and dug their hooks into him.
Even if I do get bored, I will not call you. Weâre done.
He dropped his phone back down and waved for another shot. Brian poured a double without askingâgood man.
Liam sipped this one. He willed the alcohol to burn all thoughts of Aubrey from his mind. He couldnât believe she was done. No, he couldnât believe he wasnât . Why couldnât he just accept Whitneyâs offer? She was beautiful, willing, and he knew exactly what sort of hot time heâd be getting.
But she was also nuts and probably fucking his family over. Worse, she was ruining Alexâs legacy with all this zoning crap.
He threw the rest of the tequila back and pulled out his wallet. Time to get away from Toxic Tilly. He fished out a fifty and dropped it on the bar, then caught Brianâs attention and gave him a nod.
He picked up his phone, turned, and slid off his chair. Whitneyâs hand caught his bicep.
âWhoa, there,â she said. âYou donât want to go face-first into the floor. This place is filthy.â
He shook her off and tossed her a glare. âYou thought I was falling?â
Her hand grazed his back. âIâm happy to catch you.â
He flinched and moved away from her, striding toward the door with purpose despite the slight tunneling of his vision. Yeah, he was kind of fucked up right now.
He pushed open the door and stepped outside. The temperature had dropped, but it was still warm. Warm-ish. Okay, that breeze was a little chilly.
âForget something?â Whitneyâs voice drew him to turn around. She held his helmet in her dark red manicured hands.
âGimme that.â He snatched it away from her and wove toward his bike.
âYou arenât going to ride, are you?â She caught up to him and touched his arm. âHey, Liam. Iâm serious now. Iâll drive you home.â
He scowled at her. âIâll call my brother.â
âAnd wait for him to come get you? Itâs getting cold.â She shook her heads. Heads? Dude, pull your head out of your drunk ass right now before you do something stupid.
She pointed toward her BMW. âCome on, Iâm right there. And I promise I wonât take you to my house and jump your bones, although I think youâd probably come willingly in your state.â
âNot a chance in hell.â He wasnât that drunk. God, he hoped he wasnât that drunk.
She grabbed his hand and dragged him toward her car. âNot taking no for an answer on this.â
He tried to pull away, but his reflexes were set to slow motion, and Whitney worked out like a banshee. She opened the passenger door and shoved him down into the seat. He pulled his feet in just before she slammed the door. Vicious bitch.
She climbed into the driverâs seat.
âYou couldâve taken my feet off,â he drawled.
She laughed. âSure.â She fired up the engine and pulled out of the lot, going west toward the road that led to his parentsâ house.
âI seriously need you to talk to your dad.â God, he wished he didnât sound so messed up. âHe needs to drop the zoning appeal.â
âMy dad will do whatever heâs going to do, no matter what I say.â
âCome on, Whitney, you can do better than that, canât you?â
She turned up the road toward his parentsâ and slid him a narrow-eyed glance. âWhy should I? You havenât exactly been nice to me.â
âWhat do you mean? I didnât treat you like shit. We had a casual thing, and it ran its