My eyes narrowed as I took a sip of it. She winked at me and held a finger up to her lips, in the universal ‘be quiet’ gesture. The drink wasn’t unpleasant, in fact it was tasty. I could taste something sour; orange juice and another taste I wasn’t familiar with. I eyed my glass for a moment before I shrugged and took another large sip. I knew it contained alcohol, but I didn’t care. After the day I had, I needed it.
I had never been a big drinker. In fact, after growing up near Heidi and her boyfriends, I had shunned it. It wasn’t until I felt I could drink in a controlled environment around people I felt safe with, did I ever allow myself to slightly overindulge in it. Plus, Will was raised in an Italian family. It was common for the children in his family to have a glass of wine with dinner. Although he hadn’t allowed his own children and the children partake in it. He had allowed Jemmy, Jaxson, Rachel, and I to drink the occasional glass with dinner.
Jaxson and Jace came back with our food, and I found myself caught up in the current conversation. Rachel and Jemmy continued to fill my glass and I let them. Especially after I spied Remy above us on the catwalk. He wasn’t alone.
Remy had kept, but refaced and renovated, the old foreman’s office located in the corner of the restaurant. You had to climb a set of metal stairs to get it. He had also kept the original catwalk that circled and intersected the outside perimeter of the whole restaurant. He found it convenient to walk along it and watch from above to make sure his employees were being productive.
I saw Remy had gotten the memo about our costumes because he was dressed as Thor. Scoot over, Chris Hemsworth, because you have nothing on Remington Murphy, I thought as I looked up at him. He still seemed to be in his aloof mood, but that hadn’t stopped two of the Knight females I was vaguely familiar with from following him to the upper level. He didn’t seem to be entertaining them much as he leaned on the railing watching the party with an unfathomable look. They continued to fawn all over him and kept whispering stuff in his ears. I was seeing red.
“Let’s dance,” Troy stated as he saw me glance up at the catwalk for the hundredth time.
I normally reserved all my dancing to the bedroom while I was alone with my music turned up, but I was feeling good enough to shed all my natural inhibitions. I took his proffered hand and let him lead me to the dance floor. I let the music sweep me away and danced with wild abandon, not caring who was watching.
Jemmy and Rachel joined us on the dance floor, and soon we were all laughing and having a fun time. I needed this more than ever. The last few weeks had been harrowing. Today had been terrifying. I needed to forget, even if it was temporary.
Jaxson and Noah were the next ones to join us and I allowed Noah to maneuver me around the floor in seductive, suggestive dances. He growled in my ear at one time. “You have no clue how sexy you are and how much I want to take you, right here and right now.”
I gave him a sultry smile as Jemmy and Rachel grabbed both of my hands and led me to the bar. “Bathroom and drink time,” Jemmy pushed the boys away, before dragging me to the bathroom.
I hadn’t realized how full my bladder was until we got to the bathroom. I started to do a pee pee dance as we waited in line for one of the six stalls.
“There’s no line for the guys bathroom,” Rachel giggled pragmatically as she grabbed our hands and led us back down to the hallway to the men’s bathroom.
“There may be men in there,” I hissed. Even in my buzzing state, I knew we shouldn’t be going in there.
Jemmy stepped forward with a purpose and charged into the bathroom. It wasn’t long before two guys came out of the bathroom laughing and zipping up their pants.
“Hey there, Wonder Woman,” one of the men leaned in towards me. “Wanna take me to heights I’ve never been to?” he asked suggestively.
“I’ll be your Daddy, Lil monster,” the other guy leaned towards Rachel with a suggestive wink.
I held up a hand with a smile. “Sorry boys, nature calls,” I stated emphatically as I took Rachels hand and dragged her in with me. Then I poked my head back out the door. “I’ll find out if she’s interested, Daddy,” I said to the cute Asian guy that had been hitting on Rachel. “Sorry, Luke Skywalker.” I feigned a frown. “But I already have my super men,” I giggled as I saw Drake heading our way.
“Blake,” he groaned. “What are you doing?”
I looked up at him, then the bathroom logo. “Using the bathroom,” I said in a tone, like it should have been obvious.
He sighed but gently pushed me into the bathroom. Jemmy was just coming out of one of the stalls as Rachel ducked into another. “I should have known you would have been behind this.”
Jemmy gave him a huge grin. “I don’t know why you assumed it was my idea.”
I slipped into her vacated stall, not even caring that I was about to relieve my bladder several feet away from Drake—or any guy. I giggled. There was a first time for everything.
“It was me,” Rachel called out gleefully. “Blake did you tell the Asian hottie to wait for me.”
“I did,” I called back.
“Give us a minute,” I heard Drake tell someone sharply when the door opened.
I came out of the bathroom and washed my hands. Jemmy and Rachel were waiting for me. As I washed my hands, I couldn’t help but notice Drake’s eyes once more. He made glasses look sexy, bu
t without them his eyes were so much more startling.
I advanced towards him and pulled his face down to mine. “You have such beautiful eyes. Where are your glasses?”
He blushed. “I put on my contacts. I’m superman. Only Clark Kent wore glasses.”
“Hmm,” I hummed as I stood on my tip toes to take his lips with mine.