Holding You (Love Wanted in Texas 3)

Standing he asked, “What’s your boyfriend’s name?”

“Colt.”

The air around us changed for one brief second as the guy turned and grabbed a napkin and wrote his number down on it before turning to me. “Well, angel eyes, if things don’t work out with Colt, you know where to find me. By the way, my name is Grayson.”

Looking down, I felt my face flush. Glancing back up, I gave him a smile. “Lauren, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Grayson.”

“Let’s do this!” He shouted as he jumped up on the bar. Leaning over, he yelled something to the bartender. She gave him a thumbs-up and walked to the other end of the bar. When she came back, she was holding a microphone.

The DJ stopped the music as Grayson held up his hand. “All right, y’all. I’ve got a special request from my new friend, Lauren. DJ give me something sexy for my new girl.”

My face blushed as everyone started yelling out. An older song played as Grayson started dancing to it. My eyes widened as I turned back and looked at the girls. All five of them had their mouths hanging open as they watched Grayson.

Turning back, I watched Grayson move. Holy shit. Good lord this guy was hot. He was going to make some girl very happy someday. Chewing on my lower lip, I couldn’t pull my eyes off of him. His T-shirt was already gone as girls were screaming all around me.

The guy who Alex danced with yelled close to my ear. “He’s a professional stripper. You couldn’t have picked a better thing for him to do.”

Snapping my head to look at the guy, I shouted. “Are you kidding me? He’s a stripper?”

The guy threw his head back and laughed. “He sure is.”

Slowly looking back at Grayson, I watched as he worked the crowd on top of the bar. He turned and looked at me as he unzipped his pants.

Oh wow. Look away Lauren. Look. Away. My eyes slowly made their way up Grayson’s chest to his eyes.

A girl next to me screamed out, “He isn’t wearing underwear! Take it off, baby!”

Grayson smiled as he winked at me. Glancing down he had his pants pulled down just enough to leave the rest up to your imagination.

Snapping my eyes back up to his eyes, he shook his head no and yelled out, “No penis shots!”

Laughing, I gave him a thumbs-up as I turned around and smiled at the girls. Grace and Maegan were yelling out for Grayson to pull his pants all the way down.

“Fuck that! Penis shot! Penis. Shot!” Grace yelled out.

The song ended as I turned back to Grayson. He zipped his pants back up and the bartender handed him back his T-shirt as every female in the place began booing. Jumping down off the bar, Grayson took me by the arm and pulled me closer to him. “How was that?”

His touch did nothing to me, which had me breathing a sigh of relief because the bastard’s body sure had a slight effect on me. Taking my hand and fanning myself I said, “Perfect! I’m going to guess you’re good at your job?”

Laughing he said, “It gets me through college.”

Grinning, I said, “Thanks so much, Grayson.”

His smile faded slightly as he nodded his head. “Sure. It was fun, Lauren. Enjoy the rest of your night.”

“I will! Thank you again and sorry for getting all the girls worked up. Maybe you’ll end up getting lucky tonight!” I said with a chuckle. Grayson’s eyes turned dark as he shook his head.

“I’m afraid the only girl I have my sights on is already taken.”

Giving him a wink, I said my good-byes and made my way back over to the girls as I held up the napkin with Grayson’s number on it. Grace grabbed it out of my hand as she looked over my shoulder back at Grayson. “Fuck

, Lauren! You got the guy to strip on the bar.”

Maegan threw her head back. “I declare Lauren Reynolds the biggest dick-tease of the night and the clear winner of this bet!”

Alex, Libby, Taylor, Grace, and Maegan all busted out in cheer. Laughing, I shook my head. “Dick-tease? Please! He’s a stripper, so that was nothing for him.”

Grace pulled me closer to her and said, “Lauren, you have no idea how much that guy wanted you. I could see it in his eyes from over here.”