God. No, Juliet. Don’t go there.

I run by all the explanations that I completely mustn’t discover him insanely engaging. One, he’s like eighteen years older than me. Two, he’s my greatest good friend’s dad. Laura advised me her dad and mom had her younger at eighteen, however I’ve solely ever met her mother till now. He has the identical darkish curly hair as Laura, accompanied by the unfairly darkish lengthy lashes she has, too.

And he’s asking me…to dinner.

I’ve to chew my tongue to cease myself from screaming sure instantly, looking for some cause in my thoughts. My physique sways in the direction of him with out my permission, inexplicably drawn to him. Perhaps I’m simply so exhausted from all of the rehearsals and tonight’s efficiency and that’s the explanation I’m half a second from actually falling into him.

Yeah proper. Who am I kidding? I’m simply in a trance from the sheer stage of attraction I’ve towards this man.

There’s no room in my head for cause anymore.

“Dinner?” I repeat again to him, prepared myself to cease performing like a drooling fool. “Um, yeah, that sounds good. I imply, if you happen to’re positive.”

Jared smiles at me and holy hell, I believe I’m melting into the rattling ground.

“After all I’m positive,” he solutions easily.

He’s most likely simply being good, I attempt to inform my silly coronary heart because it thuds away in my chest. Jared leads the best way out of the reception and to the automobile park, and my thoughts is working as exhausting as my ft to meet up with this example.

His daughter, my greatest good friend, launched us. There’s no means in hell, regardless of how a lot my determined delusional mind desires to imagine in any other case, that he sees me as something aside from his child’s good friend that he doesn’t need to must be left alone when everybody else is celebrating.

He most likely simply feels sorry for me. That’s all.

The fact verify helps calm my nerves a bit of as he holds the passenger facet door open for me, and I thank him whereas I slide inside. He drives us ten minutes away to a pleasant neighborhood restaurant, and I strive very exhausting to not stare on the means his forearms flex together with his grip on the wheel.

Once more, Jared holds the door open for me, and inside seconds, the hostess leads us over to a nook sales space. The air is heat right here, and candles give the place a comfy ambiance. Everybody else is dressed up in fits and good clothes and heels, making my after-performance outfit really feel wildly misplaced. Jared doesn’t appear to care, although, and we settle into our seats rapidly.

He orders us two mocktails, and I’m grateful for the very fact he’s taking the lead right here since I’m nonetheless floundering with my very own emotions. I’ve to learn the menu like thrice to determine what something is, so distracted by glancing up at Jared each second.

Greater than as soon as, I catch him staring again at me, too. There’s a complete colony of butterflies dwelling in my abdomen by the point our first course arrives.

“So, Juliet,” Jared says whereas I chew my first chew of scrumptious hen, moaning because the flavors explode on my tongue.

Contemplating I dwell off packet ramen and crackers as a result of they’re straightforward and quick to make between the chaos of educational courses and sensible ones, in addition to further rehearsals when we now have a efficiency developing, this meals tastes like heaven. Jared’s eyes darken, his jaw ticking, and I blush, realizing the sound I simply made. He clears his throat earlier than persevering with, “How did you get into dancing? Clearly, you’re extremely proficient.”

His voice is easy and wealthy, and my thighs clench collectively in response. He’s Laura’s DAD! I remind myself, however my physique doesn’t care one bit. As an alternative, the concept that that is so freaking flawed solely makes me squirm extra. There needs to be one thing flawed with me.

I distract myself by giving Jared the story of how I began dancing at 4, fell in love with it, and by no means appeared again. In return, he tells me what he does for work—some form of insanely sophisticated finance job that I can’t even faux to grasp. Numbers and me aren’t pals.

Our dialog flows simply, like we’ve identified one another for a lot longer than a night. Greater than as soon as, our legs brush underneath the desk, and each time, sparks fly by my physique on the contact. The final time it occurs, neither of us transfer away, and although the contact needs to be harmless, it feels something however.

When Jared affords me a chew of his gooey chocolate brownie, I can’t resist. Him or the dessert. His deep blue eyes maintain mine as I lick chocolate off my lips, buzzing fortunately. My thoughts feels fuzzy though I’m completely sober. We’ve solely had non-alcoholic drinks, and the air between us feels heavy with unstated stress.

Jared pays, tipping generously, and affords me the criminal of his arm to carry as we stroll out. In some way, touching him like this feels a lot hotter than anything ever has. So easy, so modest, and but…my whole physique feels tingly.

“It’s late,” Jared says as we exit. “Let me drive you house.”

I protest robotically. “You actually don’t must. I don’t dwell far, I can stroll.”

Jared pins me with a stare that makes me need to roll over and do no matter he tells me to. “If you happen to assume I’ll allow you to out of my sight till I do know you’re secure inside your property, you’re sorely mistaken, little fairy,” he murmurs darkly, sending shivers over my pores and skin.

“Fairy?” I whisper again as we get into his automobile once more.

He flashes that smirk at me. “You dance like you could have wings,” he explains merely, making my coronary heart flutter quickly. “And clearly, you possess some form of magic.”

It’s a surprise I can kind sufficient phrases within the wake of that go with to offer him my deal with, however I handle it, and in 5 minutes, we’re pulling up outdoors my residence. He parks and will get out, stunning me but once more.

I don’t argue when he walks me inside and up the steps to my door as a result of all my self-control has melted away to a puddle underneath his consideration and compliments. I’m in so deep that I don’t even care to attempt to resurface once more.

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