Page 46 of The Crush Next Door

"Fucking finally!" I said as my toast.

"Fucking finally!" Anaya and Josh repeated, laughing.

I couldn't believe how happy I was for Anaya that her dream was finally coming true!

She leaned over and shouted in my ear. "Guess what?"

"What?"

"We're meeting back at his place after the party tonight!"

I gasped, not that she could hear me over the music. "Oh, my freaking God! You're totally going to do it!"

"I hope so," she said, sighing.

"Oh, you definitely are."

I thought back to what I'd witnessed, the way he was grinding his body into hers. If it wasn't his party, I had no doubt that they'd already be gone, back at his place, making sweet love.

Whew, I was in dire need of some Devon time, and I was almost ready to go home myself to make that phone call.

But the DJ had a different idea, calling everyone out to the dance floor, doing his best to make this a night to remember. I made the mistake of meeting Allison's eyes, and she nodded her head, giving me a silent signal that I better get dancing.

Anaya caught it too. "Come on. I'll go with you."

We both chugged the rest of our champagne, and I noticed Josh doing the same. "You coming with us?" I asked.

"Hell, yeah."

Laughing, Anaya and I stared at him together. "You actually like to dance?" I asked, skeptical.

He looked offended. "You don't think I can dance?"

"Uh, no, not really, to be honest," I teased.

He leaned in closer so I could hear him better. "You wanna make a bet?"

Oh, God. "What are we betting this time?"

"Football game."

I didn't even stifle the eye-roll that came out of me. "And who's going to judge?"

He glanced at Anaya who was watching our whole exchange closely.

"You can judge," Josh told her.

This was kind of ridiculous, but Anaya seemed into it and smiled while nodding. "Okay," she said. "Let's go."

So the three of us made our way to the dance floor, which was now jam-packed with people.And we proceeded to dance our asses off, laughing, smiling, having an absolute blast. And okay, yes, Josh could dance. We didn't need Anaya to judge. I could see it myself obviously.

He somehow managed to dance with both of us, taking turns, even involving a few single ladies near us who wanted in on the action. At one point, he took off his suit jacket, rolling up his sleeves, and I saw Anaya's eyes widen. Yeah, she had a thing for when guys did that, especially when it revealed strong forearms like Josh had.

I noticed Dr. Haute glancing our way a few times, and I saw him checking out Anaya's dancing. Yep, my bestie was hot.

This was so damn weird. But beyond exciting. What would work be like now that my boss and my best friend were together? How strange was that?

The rest of the night flew by, and before I knew it, the DJ was kicking us all out, telling us to get home safely and responsibly. I helped Allison a bit before I could leave, and I kept giving Anaya funny looks because I knew she was just kind of hanging out, waiting for her man.

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