Page 56 of An Inconvenient Plan
She laughed. “I see that. Come on, let’s dance. I love this song.”
“I only slow dance.”
She lifted her arms in the air and danced in front of him, her hips undulating suggestively. He hauled her close by the hips and moved in a slow sway.
“Josh! I want to move not sway. Come on, let’s go back and dance with the others.”
“I’m here for you.”
She turned and gestured to Carrie, Ally, and Phillip. Next thing he knew, they were all dancing around him. Ally kept gesturing for Ethan to join them and he shook her off. Zach jumped in enthusiastically.
Phillip squared off with Hailey, not touching her, but moving suggestively, his hands moving up and down the space around her body.
“Hailey.” Josh crooked his finger at her and made himself move.Hip move, arm move. I am dancing, dammit.
Hailey danced her way over to him, moving sinuously in front of him. That was more like it.
“Where’s Rose?” he asked.
“Sitter! It’s too loud in here for her little ears.” She danced a circle around him. He turned so she wasn’t at his back. She ran her fingers through her hair, lifting the strands and letting them fall.
Phillip took her hand and twirled her around. Josh tensed. Hailey spun and laughed and then took Carrie’s hand and spun her around.
Phillip smirked at him.
Josh went toe-to-toe with him and stared him down. Phillip sidestepped and danced some more, his eyes on Hailey’s curvy ass as she danced.
Josh shifted, blocking the view of Hailey, his back to Phillip. The hair on the back of his neck rose signaling danger, and he quickly shifted again, moving Hailey in front of him and keeping Phillip to his side. Too many people here. Too close. Every nerve ending sparked awareness.Danger, danger, danger.He counted backward, reminding himself where he was and why.
“Let’s get a drink,” he told Hailey, taking her hand and pulling her off the dance floor with him.
“Josh, I want to dance.”
Phillip appeared. “She says she wants to dance. Don’t drag her around against her will.”
“It’s not against her will,” Josh spat. “Go away.”
Phillip’s nostrils flared. “I will not. Hailey is a good friend of mine.”
“Hailey is mine,” he snapped.
“Josh!” Hailey exclaimed.
“How refreshingly Neanderthal,” Phillip said. “Big caveman bone for you. Come on, Hailey.”
“Hailey, let’s go,” Josh ordered.
Hailey threw her hands up and went back to her friends.
Phillip glared at him. “Let’s take this outside.”
“After you.”
Phillip headed for the stairs and Josh followed behind, looking forward to punching the guy right in his too pretty face. Two security guards appeared, flanking Phillip, and Josh halted. Three on one, especially when he didn’t know what the guards carried in the way of weapons, was not a fair fight.
He returned to the dance floor. A few minutes later, Phillip joined him. The prince was loose, dancing like he did this all night, every night. Josh was tight, pissed off but refusing to yield the floor when his woman was dancing, being her sexy stunning self. It became like a fight all on its own.
Dance. Glare.
