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“Sure, sure.” Bunny waved her hand again. Piper needed to burn off that energy, otherwise she was going to be up texting Bunny all night. And Bunny strongly suspected Jo was the same way.

When she turned back to Bea, Bunny froze. Bea had a wide expression in her eyes, as if something had just clicked that hadn’t before.

“What?” Bunny asked, frowning. A deep line creased in her forehead, and she tried to shake it off. She shouldn’t be this concerned about what someone else thought of her. Then again, most people had awful opinions of her.

“You two aren’t together.” Bea said it like a confirmed statement.

Bunny tensed, fear racing through her, and then she paused. Bea hadn’t accused her and Piper of being together. In fact, it was the complete opposite. Bunny spun her drink on the table,keeping her eyes locked on Bea’s. She wanted to catch any little expression that she could.

“No, we’re not. Why would you think we are?”

“Oh, just… rumors.” Bea muttered the last word, her cheeks pinking with embarrassment.

Was she a fan?

Fuck, please say she’s not some crazed fan.

“We’re absolutely not in a relationship.” Bunny rolled her shoulders, trying to settle herself from that immediate upset.

“Well then, I suppose that leaves opportunities for others.”

“I’m not looking for a relationship.” Bunny chugged the rest of her beer and then looked around to see if she could find a waiter to get everyone refills.

“Who said anything about a relationship?”

Bunny jerked back sharply. “Excuse me? You did.”

Bea laughed lightly and nodded toward Jo and Piper on the dance floor. “You think I don’t know a lesbian when I see one?”

“Fun fact.” Bunny leaned in, her lips so close to Bea’s cheek. She tilted her head down slightly so that her breath would wash right over Bea’s neck and down into her cleavage. “Piper’s not a lesbian.”

“You didn’t deny you being one.”

Bunny sighed. “What’s it matter to you?”

Bea’s look was wickedly sexy. The raised eyebrows, the parted full lips, the tongue peeking out from the edge of her mouth. Her cheeks were curved with deliciousness, and Bunny wanted nothing more than to bury her face in Bea’s neck and pepper as many kisses as possible against her skin. What was so enthralling about this icy woman?

Oh right.

She was sexy as hell.

“Oh, it matters.” Bea lowered her voice and turned her head. “Because if you look at every woman that walks in your direction like you’re looking at me now, you’re in absolute, utter denial.”

A chuckle bounded its way up Bunny’s chest, into her throat, and out her lips. “Hard to ignore a stunning woman.”

“Oh, you do flatter me.” Bea rolled her eyes and pointed at her drink. “Weren’t we getting another one?”

“Hell yes.”

the best things happen while you’re dancing

FOUR

piper

Piper led the way onto the dance floor. She needed to move more than Bunny could ever truly understand. The energy from their show still itched beneath her skin. Sweaty bodies parted to make way for them to pass without losing their momentum. Piper’s smile stretched over her face as her hips swayed to the beat, her shoulders joining in on the next step.

It had been easy enough for her to carve out a space for them to dance in. People assumed because of her long legs and equally long torso that she needed a lot of room to throw her body around.