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my brother as he addressed Liam with his eyebrows raised.
    “Fuck you, bro, it was just a dance.” My heart landed with a splatter somewhere in my belly.
    Just a dance? Did he not feel that?
    Liam winked at me over my brother’s shoulder, gave me his crinkle-eyed smile, and gestured towards the bar with his chin.
    My heart regrouped and swam happily and effortlessly up through my insides like a mermaid, a beautiful smiley, sparkly tailed mermaid, taking up its rightful place in my chest, before picking up its happy euphoric rhythm.
    He felt it.
    “Yeah, make sure it stays that way too. Just a dance, next time without your hands on her arse.” Liam shook his head at my brother’s words while walking away.
    Luke wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head. Shanice’s “I Love Your Smile” was playing. It was too fast to slow dance to but that wasn’t a problem for Luke and I we had the moves covered.
    Despite the fact that I had never had any formal dance training, I had always loved to dance. Sasha shares my love, but before she was around, when I was younger, it was always Luke that I made practice with me. Since he was the perfectly obliging big brother that he was, he never said no.
    He twirled me around and away from him before pulling me back in.
    “I’m sorry,” he said into my ear. “I shouldn’t have spoken to you like that. I’m drunk. It’s no excuse, but it’s all I’ve got right now.” He paused and looked down at me. “I’m sorry, Sunshine. I fucked up. It started as a business meeting, and we ended up in bed. It was nothing more than closure, I promise.”
    I looked up into my brother’s handsome face as he spoke. Melanie Thompson was about the only thing we ever argued about. Well that and his overprotectiveness.
    “You’re an idiot.”
    “I know. That’s exactly why I snapped at you earlier. I’m pissed off with myself, not with you.”
    He kissed the top of my head again. “Thanks for this, for tonight. I can’t believe you and Will managed to keep it a secret from me.”
    “It wasn’t hard.” I shrugged. “You’ve been so busy setting things up for the new business that you weren’t paying much attention to anything else going on around you.”
    The song ended, I took my brother’s hand, and steered him off the dance floor. I loved him, but now that his apology had been delivered and accepted, I wanted to go find Liam.
    “Just watch yourself with her Luke. I’ve no clue what business dealings you have going on with her, but just watch yourself, yeah? Mel was a liar and a cheat as a girlfriend so be under no illusions that she’d behave any differently in any other aspects of her life.”
    “You giving me relationship advice, Sarah Sunshine?”
    “For what it’s worth, yes I am.”
    “Well, thanks for that but I’ve got this covered. Do me a favour though, yeah?”
    “What’s that?” I asked him with a smile.
    “Stay the fuck away from Liam Delaney. He’s too old and too complicated for you.”
    “Don’t even go there, not after what you’ve just told me. I’m a big girl, I can look after myself.” I kissed his cheek and turned towards where I knew Liam was waiting for me. “And put some fucking clothes on. That top . . . it’s not even a top, it’s fucking underwear.”
    I flipped him my middle finger, and feeling like a total bad arse because of it, I kept walking.
    ***
    “Thank you,” I said with a smile when Liam handed me my drink.
    “You’re welcome. You looked good out there, you and your brother. I didn’t realise Luke could dance. He’s kept that quiet.”
    “He had no choice when we were growing up. I loved to dance, and if I needed a partner, he was it. Will sometimes too. He’s not bad either.”
    “He likes you.”
    “My brother? I should hope so, he practically raised me.” What a strange comment. The smile left his face as he shook his head.
    “Will. Will likes you. I’ve been watching him, his eyes have been on