Though something inside me wanted to.
“Get in here and open the damn beer, Grant!”
“I’m coming, Hollis. Hold up,” I said.
“And you need to take a fucking shower. We’re going out with some girls tonight.”
I furrowed my brow as I pulled myself up onto Hollis’ deck.
“Girls?” I asked as I plucked the beer from the kitchen counter.
“Jane!”
“Are you finally gonna fuck her like you wanted to do all those years ago?” I asked.
“You never know. She might have a thing for uniforms, too,” he said. “So chug that damn beer, get a shower, and let’s go find out.”
I took a quick shower and got changed before Hollis, and I headed out. We hopped into my blacked-out Jaguar and rode off to the bar. It was the place Hollis, and I always frequented in our teenage years. Back when we were younger, they were notorious for serving underage kids. It looked like they had cracked down on things over the years, but the memories were still sweet as pie.
I’d lost my damn virginity in the bathroom of that fucking place.
“Ready?” Hollis asked.
“We just meeting Jane?”
“I know she’s going to be here and that’s all I care about. But don’t worry, Granty-boy. We’ll find you, someone.”
He patted my shoulder, and I shook my head before we got out of the car. My eyes fell along the pavement, and a grin spread across my face when I saw them. There was Jane, with her slender form and her long legs and her wispy red hair.
And standing beside her was Theresa.
Gawking as I stepped out of the car.
The grin Jane had on her face caused me to double-take before my eyes fell back onto Theresa. Hollis approached Jane, and I watched her immediately turn her attention to the man. He slid his arm around her neck and led her inside, and I saw the way Jane melted into him.
Oh, yeah.
They were going to fuck.
“Theresa,” I said.
“Grant,” she said breathlessly.
“Still can’t find that voice of yours?”
I watched her blush before I held my hand out. She turned on her heels and walked in front of me into the bar, and I held the door open for her. My eyes fell to her swaying ass, causing the veins in my cock to pulse. I drew in a deep breath, trying to control myself as best as I could.
I’d be lucky if I could make it through the night with my hands clean.
CHAPTER 7
THERESA
I couldn’t believe Hollis brought Grant. Was he insane? I called Hollis and Jane so they could come out and celebrate my newfound freedom. I wanted to have a few drinks and forget about my terrible day yesterday, and Hollis brought Grant? What in the world was he thinking? I didn’t want to talk about my breakup with Ike in front of Grant. He would think I was weak. Stupid. Idiotic for clinging to a man like that for so long.
I didn’t want Grant seeing me in that kind of light.
I tried to put it behind me. Yes, I’d put up with Ike’s ridiculous and possessive behavior for too long, but I had finally put my foot down. It didn’t matter that what he’d said about my figure had wounded me more deeply than I’d cared to admit. I tried to tell myself that it was just another one of his manipulative tactics – make it look like the breakup was all my fault.