Page 59 of City of Sin (Men of Manhattan 1)

"No, I got this." I pulled my phone out of my purse and looked to see if he had texted me. He hadn't. I started typing: "If the silent treatment is a new dating game, it's brilliant. Because I've never wanted you more than I do right now. More than I wanted you in the bathroom. And the alley. More than I've ever wanted anyone before." I pressed send.

"What did you say?" Marie asked.

"Here." I slid my phone toward Marie and Kendra.

"Oh my God," Kendra said. "Did you seriously send this?"

"Yup." I took another sip of my cosmo.

"Way to just throw it all out there. What happened to pretending to be unavailable?"

"Oh, crap. You're right." I grabbed the phone back and typed: "But Kendra said I'm supposed to be unavailable. So ignore that last text. And thank you for the roses. I actually love roses." I pressed send again. "All fixed."

Kendra grabbed the phone out of my hand and looked down. She started laughing. "Bee! No more drunk texting for you."

"Let me see," Marie said and grabbed my phone. She started laughing too. My phone started buzzing in her hand. "He responded."

"What did he say?" I asked.

"He asked if you were drunk." She smiled at me.

"Was it that obvious?" I grabbed my phone back.

Sure enough, his text said: "Bee, are you drunk?" I bit my lip. I couldn't hide from the truth now.

"Maybe a little," I wrote back.

A second later my phone buzzed again. "Where are you?"

"At a bar with Kendra and Marie. Girls night!"

"Which bar?"

"He's being weird," I said and put my phone back in the middle of the table. "I think he's stalking me."

Marie laughed. In just a few seconds, my phone started ringing. "Aren't you going to answer that?" she asked.

"Is it him?"

"Yeah."

"I don't want him to hear drunk me. I'm rambling too much."

Kendra grabbed my phone. "Hello, Mason." Her eyes flicked toward me. "She's absolutely wasted."

Silence. I rolled my eyes at her.

"I think a ride home would be good."

"Kendra!" I said.

Ignoring me, she continued. "We're at the Tiki Lounge."

Silence.

"Okay, great. See you soon." She hung up.

"What did you say to him?"

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