Until Us by Cristin Cooper

Author:Cristin Cooper [Cooper, Cristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-311-89019-1
Publisher: Cristin Cooper

By the time they had finished dinner and arrived at the party in a warehouse downtown, it was wall-to-wall people. And not just people, but beautiful people. He had wrongly assumed the invitation was from one of her nerdy friends, but apparently it was being thrown by some of her model friends.

Alexis held his hand and he held Katie’s as they pushed their way through the crowded room to the bar. With a girly drink in hand, Alexis leaned into him and Katie and said, “I’m going to go find my date. I’ll meet up with you when I find him.”

“You know the rules. Never take a drink from anyone but the bartender and don’t leave your drink unattended.” He lifted his phone. “Call me if you have any problems.”

“I know. I know.” She leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “Have fun.” He watched her disappear into the crowd, tempted to follow her to make sure guys left her alone. But he wasn’t about to leave Katie by herself and he didn’t want to drag her around the room.

“I’ve never felt so short and frumpy in my life.” He swung his head back to Katie, wanting to shake those negative thoughts out of her head, but she was smiling. Her eyes met his. “We’re in a room full of Alexises and male versions of her. It’s kind of intimidating.”

He agreed and wondered why Alexis chose to come to this party. She didn’t normally hang out with this crowd. He leaned into Katie, who hadn’t let go of his hand since he took it when they entered. “Why this party?”

She shook her head and shrugged. “I was wondering that myself. Maybe it’s for the guy she’s meeting. Who knows?”

“What do you know about him?”

“Not much. All I know is they talk almost every night and she says he’s very sweet.”

“Hmmm.” His instincts told him she was fine, but his brotherly affection for her wanted to make sure this guy was good enough.

“Oh my gosh!” A female voice squealed then a girl with multi-colored hair and heavy eye makeup pulled Katie out of his grasp. “I never expected to see you here.” The girl stumbled slightly on her platform shoes while giving Katie a playful smile.

“Hey,” she said in surprise. “How did you get invited?” Katie asked.

The girl smirked and said with a gangster accent, “I know people.” He watched as both girls burst into laughter. “Actually, I was invited by a guy I met at The Coffee Pot while I was working yesterday.” She huffed, but she was still smiling. “But he disappeared on me right after a tall skinny blonde asked him to dance.” She rolled her eyes and said, “Bitch,” under her breath.

He was waiting to be introduced when Alexis pushed through the crowd with a scowl on her face. This night wasn’t going to end well. “I. Hate. Men.” Alexis growled. She didn’t look like she was in any mood to explain what happened with her date, but he didn’t think he would need one.

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