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Authors: Ella Frank
Shelly watched as Rachel looked at him with a confused frown before she grabbed his hand and pulled him forward into a huge hug. Shelly tried to stifle a laugh at Paul’s stiff posture.
“Hi, Paul. I’m Rachel, and this here is Josh.” Turning to the guy beside her, Rachel whacked him on the back before he stood and turned to face them.
Shelly felt her stomach tighten as butterflies started to take flight in her belly.
Josh Daniels! Just my damn luck.
She let her eyes wander down his jeans, and then back up over the tight black T-shirt that molded to every muscle he had.
Delicious . There’s that stupid annoying word again, but holy cow, he looks edible . His shaggy brown hair was falling down around the collar of his leather jacket, and a few stray strands were flopping into his eyes. Those sexy chocolate-brown eyes were currently making no secret that they were unmistakably devouring every inch of her. When they finally got to her face, he winked.
“Dr. Monroe,” he said in a voice that licked all over her naughty bits. “So nice to see you again.”
Gripping her purse in one hand and Paul in the other like he was her lifeline, she answered, “You, too. Still no bald patches, I see.”
Shelly watched as a wolfish grin appeared on his mouth. “Not since the last time I checked. Would you like a closer look?”
Returning his slow grin, she shook her head and squeezed Paul’s arm, trying to reassure him that she was with him tonight. “No, I’ll take your word for it.”
Looking over Josh’s shoulder, she caught the bartender’s eye and ordered, “One Cosmo.” She then turned to Paul, who was looking around as though he’d never set foot in a club before. Poor guy probably hasn’t.
“Paul? What do you want?”
He turned his head to her and smiled. “I’m driving, Shel. That means water.”
Turning back to the bartender, she rolled her eyes and heard Josh chuckle. Her eyes moved to his as he picked up his beer, toasting her with a mocking look.
“I just saw Mason and Lena walk in, Rach. I’m going to go get’em,” he said as he turned and walked away, leaving Shelly at the bar muttering under her breath.
***
Why on earth would a woman like her be dating Paul the Bore?
Josh shook it off as he finally got to his friend. He smiled, looking at Mason who had a proprietary arm wrapped around Lena. Josh had to admit he could see why. Lena looked smoking hot tonight. She’d left her hair out in a riot of curls and was dressed in a corset top and tiny skirt with tall boots.
“Hey,” Mason said, reaching out to shake his hand.
It reminded him of Rachel a minute ago, and he grinned.
“What?” his friend questioned.
Shaking his head, Josh laughed and answered quickly, “It’s nothing. I was just thinking about something that happened a minute ago with Shelly’s date.”
Lena tried to look around him but obviously didn’t succeed in what she was trying to see because she then peered up at him.
“Shelly ended up bringing a date?”
Josh nodded, lifting his beer to take a sip. Lowering it, he wiped the back of his hand across his mouth and nodded. “Yep. He’s a real winner, too. Paul, I think his name is.”
“Oh god,” Lena sighed, rolling her eyes.
“Oh, I see you’ve met Paul, too.” Josh laughed.
“Ah, well…technically, no, I haven’t. I only saw him once as he was exiting her office after being ‘kicked to the curb,’ I think is what Shelly called it.”
Josh took another swig of his beer as Mason tugged Lena in against his side.
He looked down at her asking, “Isn’t that the guy that wouldn’t put out?”
Coughing, Josh lowered the bottle, and he felt his eyes widen.
Seriously? The guy is holding out? On her?
He watched as Lena nodded.
“Geez, she must be hard up then. She doesn’t do repeats.” Mason chuckled.
Lena whacked his chest. “That’s not nice.”
“Well, it’s true! I mean, I tried to get Josh to take her out.”
Raising his
“Hi, Paul. I’m Rachel, and this here is Josh.” Turning to the guy beside her, Rachel whacked him on the back before he stood and turned to face them.
Shelly felt her stomach tighten as butterflies started to take flight in her belly.
Josh Daniels! Just my damn luck.
She let her eyes wander down his jeans, and then back up over the tight black T-shirt that molded to every muscle he had.
Delicious . There’s that stupid annoying word again, but holy cow, he looks edible . His shaggy brown hair was falling down around the collar of his leather jacket, and a few stray strands were flopping into his eyes. Those sexy chocolate-brown eyes were currently making no secret that they were unmistakably devouring every inch of her. When they finally got to her face, he winked.
“Dr. Monroe,” he said in a voice that licked all over her naughty bits. “So nice to see you again.”
Gripping her purse in one hand and Paul in the other like he was her lifeline, she answered, “You, too. Still no bald patches, I see.”
Shelly watched as a wolfish grin appeared on his mouth. “Not since the last time I checked. Would you like a closer look?”
Returning his slow grin, she shook her head and squeezed Paul’s arm, trying to reassure him that she was with him tonight. “No, I’ll take your word for it.”
Looking over Josh’s shoulder, she caught the bartender’s eye and ordered, “One Cosmo.” She then turned to Paul, who was looking around as though he’d never set foot in a club before. Poor guy probably hasn’t.
“Paul? What do you want?”
He turned his head to her and smiled. “I’m driving, Shel. That means water.”
Turning back to the bartender, she rolled her eyes and heard Josh chuckle. Her eyes moved to his as he picked up his beer, toasting her with a mocking look.
“I just saw Mason and Lena walk in, Rach. I’m going to go get’em,” he said as he turned and walked away, leaving Shelly at the bar muttering under her breath.
***
Why on earth would a woman like her be dating Paul the Bore?
Josh shook it off as he finally got to his friend. He smiled, looking at Mason who had a proprietary arm wrapped around Lena. Josh had to admit he could see why. Lena looked smoking hot tonight. She’d left her hair out in a riot of curls and was dressed in a corset top and tiny skirt with tall boots.
“Hey,” Mason said, reaching out to shake his hand.
It reminded him of Rachel a minute ago, and he grinned.
“What?” his friend questioned.
Shaking his head, Josh laughed and answered quickly, “It’s nothing. I was just thinking about something that happened a minute ago with Shelly’s date.”
Lena tried to look around him but obviously didn’t succeed in what she was trying to see because she then peered up at him.
“Shelly ended up bringing a date?”
Josh nodded, lifting his beer to take a sip. Lowering it, he wiped the back of his hand across his mouth and nodded. “Yep. He’s a real winner, too. Paul, I think his name is.”
“Oh god,” Lena sighed, rolling her eyes.
“Oh, I see you’ve met Paul, too.” Josh laughed.
“Ah, well…technically, no, I haven’t. I only saw him once as he was exiting her office after being ‘kicked to the curb,’ I think is what Shelly called it.”
Josh took another swig of his beer as Mason tugged Lena in against his side.
He looked down at her asking, “Isn’t that the guy that wouldn’t put out?”
Coughing, Josh lowered the bottle, and he felt his eyes widen.
Seriously? The guy is holding out? On her?
He watched as Lena nodded.
“Geez, she must be hard up then. She doesn’t do repeats.” Mason chuckled.
Lena whacked his chest. “That’s not nice.”
“Well, it’s true! I mean, I tried to get Josh to take her out.”
Raising his