Page 7 of Shameless
“Go talk to him,” Josie urged.
“He’s probably here with his wife or something,” I guessed.
“He walked in alone and I see no wife with him,” Taylor stated.
“Just go talk to him,” Amanda pressed.
I considered going up to Blake. As I stared at the definition in his bare torso, my mouth watered and my heart rate increased. My ex-husband was fit, but not with hard muscles like the man I was gaping at.
“Think about how those muscular arms would feel lifting you against a wall and fucking you—”
“All right.” I held up my hand and cut Josie off. Standing, I said, “I’ll go say hi so you three can leave me alone.” I downed the rest of my drink, took a deep breath, and walked toward the bar where Blake was standing. When I got within earshot, I called out, “Blake?”
He turned and smiled. My belly dipped as I remembered how that grin made my insides tingle.
“Sarah?”
“Hey, how are you?” I glanced quickly at his bare left hand.
“Good.” He took a step toward me and we embraced. “Crazy running into you here.”
“I know.” I chuckled and hooked a thumb toward my friends. “I’m here with my friends for a little girls’ trip. What about you?”
“Ah.” He rubbed the back of his neck. “I’m alone.”
I blinked. “You came to Mexico alone?”
“I … ah … yeah.”
“Wow,” I breathed. “That’s interesting.”
“Why’s that?” Blake grunted a small laugh.
I lifted a shoulder. “I don’t know. I just assumed people went on vacation with other people.”
“Señor,” the bartender cut in. “Did you want to order food?”
“Oh, right.” Blake turned to grab the bar menu.
“We’re actually headed to the restaurant. You should come with us,” I found myself saying.
He glanced at me. “Nah, I can’t impose on a girls’ trip.”
“It’s totally cool. Promise.” Blake glanced over my shoulder and I turned to see my friends staring. I shook my head with a slight giggle and looked back at Blake. “Honestly, they won’t let me live it down if I tell them you said no.”
He grinned and my heart fluttered. The bartender moved away to help someone else. “Then I guess I can’t say no.”
I motioned for him to follow me back to my friends and then made the introductions. “Taylor, Amanda, Josie, this is Blake. He worked on my aunt’s apple farm one summer back when we were teenagers.”
Everyone waved hello and Josie said, “It’s nice to meet you. Sarah’s single.”
My eyes widened. “Josephine!”
“What? It’s the truth.” She smirked.
“Oh, my god. Okay, let’s go eat. Blake is joining us.” He fell into step with me as my friends stood and grabbed the stuff we’d brought to the pool. “Sorry about that.”
“Sounds like this is more than a girls’ trip.”
