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hand made its way to the front of my waist
and he pulled me a little further against him.
    “Slick? Really?”  He still had
his mouth very close to my ear.
    “Yeah, sounds good for you since
so far tonight you’re saying and doing all the right things.  Makes me think you’re
up to something.”  I hoped I didn’t offend him, but I needed to put it out
there that I was not some stupid little naïve girl.
    “Well, all I want is to stay
right where I am and enjoy hanging out with you, Jen.  That okay?”  His voice
sounded a little harder, like he was pissed.
    I felt bad, so I turned to faced
him.  His hand never left my waist as I spun around to see his handsome,
concerned eyes staring at me.  I reached up and cupped his face, not feeling
the least bit awkward about it.  “Hey, I didn’t mean to offend you.  I’m
sorry.  You’ve been nothing but a perfect gentleman tonight and I am having a
wonderful time.”
    His grip on me tightened and his
other hand join the one on my lower back.  He was staring at my face,
especially my lips.  “Thank you.  I’m having an amazing time with you too,
Jen.” 
    He had a small smile on his face
and I found myself staring at his mouth.  Damn.
    “Jen?”  Jack whispered, still
staring at me.
    “Yeah?”
    “I need to kiss you.  May I?” 
Oh, dear lord.  Those words did funny things to me.
    A slow smile crept across my face
and he had one to match.  “Yeah.”  I whispered as he leaned in and ever so
gently swept his lips across mine.  It was the sweetest, softest kiss and I
wanted more, but he pulled his head back and whispered “Thank you” then quickly
turned me around to face out to the crowd leaving my waist locked in this arms.
    I didn’t know what to think.  I
felt confused, maybe even a little disappointed and was glad he couldn’t see my
face.  The wheels in my mind were running full steam with doubt, anger, regret
and a whole host of ‘baggage’ issues that continued to tie me up in knots.  I
made a move to loosen his grip from me so that I could stand beside him, but he
didn’t budge.  “Where are you going?”  He asked into my ear. 
    I wanted to say ‘stop playing
your bullshit games with me and get the hell off’ but thought better of it.  I
mean, he didn’t ask to make out with me or sleep with me.  He asked for a kiss
and that is what he got.  I was being stupid and now I needed to say something
normal and appear unaffected.
    “I just need to go to the
restroom.”  I smiled.  “I’ll be back in a minute.”  Like hell, I would.
    “Oh, okay.  I think it is over in
that corner.”  Jack was pointing to the far left.  I hadn’t even seen where Em
and Cale had gone.  They found a few friends when we walked in and took off. 
My suspicion was that they were trying to give Jack and me a little time alone
and were probably skulking around watching us.
    I gave a half smile and walked
off.  I thought he was about to follow me, but when I looked back he just kind
of nodded his head like he understood that I didn’t need a chaperone. 
    I needed to get the hell out of
there.  I’d only know this guy for a few hours and I was getting a weird about
him….needing him, to be exact.  Time to go. 
    I went into the bathroom and
contemplated my escape.  The bathrooms were down a skinny hall and there was a
door at the end of the hall that led somewhere out of the building.  I just
hoped it wasn’t like a fire door with a friggin’ alarm.  That’d be just my
luck.
    I peeked out and didn’t see Jack,
Em or Cale anywhere.  I crept to the door and search for any bright red warning
signs on it, but didn’t see any.  I slowly opened it and was met with the cool
outside air in the back of the club.  I sighed in relief.  Step one down. 
    Now, I needed to get a cab before
the search party started.  I would text Emily once I was inbound to chateaux
Bailey. 
    I walked around the front of the
building and by the grace