One Little Lie: A Small-Town Brother's Best Friend Romance (The Westbrooks: Family Ties Book 2) by Avery Maxwell

Author:Avery Maxwell [Maxwell, Avery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Best of Us LLC
Published: 2021-11-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Halton

I’m on my third beer, and I’ve already committed seven murders in my head. I’m thankful for the bar at my back as strangers invade my senses on three sides. The alcohol they’re consuming erases all etiquette for personal space, and I have to fight to keep my snarls in check.

I’ve never liked crowds, but I could handle them so long as I wasn’t the main attraction. Tonight, though, I’m ready to burn down the world as every eye in the place lands on my girl.

Fuck. She isn’t my girl, but every red-blooded male cell in my body fights that notion as she sways to the music.

“You sure you don’t want to dance, Hatty?”

I shake my head with my jaw clamped shut. She’s tempting me, teasing me, and even after all these years, she still knows how to goad me.

“Your loss.” Rylan tosses her hair over her shoulder and heads back to the dance floor. At some point in the last hour, she let her long tresses loose of her pissed-off bun, and everyone noticed. Everyone notices everything about her. I’ve lost track of the number of assholes that have tried to pick her up already. The second her hips started swaying, they surrounded her.

They wouldn’t be all over her if you’d get your head out of your ass.

My eyes are dry from not blinking by the time the band takes a break. There’s a brief lull before the DJ pipes in new music over the speakers. A song I don’t recognize comes on, and Rylan’s sexy, little body shimmies and sways to the beat. From my perch at the bar, I watch as two guys grind up on her, but her eyes are locked on me.

In slow motion, she lifts her arms to wrap them around dickhead’s neck, and they move as one. I feel like a voyeur. I’m hanging on to my bottle so tightly I’m surprised it doesn’t shatter, but even as she dances, her gaze never leaves mine.

She’s fucking with me, and I’m completely powerless to stop her.

If I don’t get out of here soon, I’m going to end up in jail. The guy behind her wraps an arm around her belly. He splays his hand low on her stomach, pulling her back into his front, and a feral growl escapes from deep in my throat. I’m crossing the dance floor without a thought of my next move. Parting the sea of people to get to her pisses me off. If it had taken one second longer, I might have started throwing elbows.

“Get your hands off her.” Anger radiates out of my every pore.

“Listen, man. We’re just dancing,” he smartly replies while putting some distance between us. I never give him a second look.

“We’re leaving. Now,” I growl.

“Have fun. I’ll see you at home.”

I gape at her. Does she seriously think I’m going to leave her here alone?

“I’m not leaving you here.”

Out of the corner of my eye, I notice both men fading into the crowd.

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