Dangerous Curves Ahead: A Perfect Fit Novel by Sugar Jamison Page A

wonder what exactly Ellis had told them about him. He quickly thought back four years ago to the women he had dated. Michelle, Dina, Rachel, Kara. He remembered them all. Not one of them lasted more than two months. There was no woman in between. He had never been with Ellis.
    “Who?”
    Mike didn’t return his attention to Colin. He was too distracted by Ellis, who was giving him that impish grin of hers.
    “The brunette in the red.” The only woman in the world who could irritate the hell out of him and yet make him want to get closer. He turned to Colin, thinking that his friend might be able to help. “Do you know her? She says we met four years ago but I don’t remember her and now every time I see her she busts my balls about it.”
    “Her?” Colin took a long look at Ellis. “I’ve seen her around town a couple of times but I don’t have a clue who she is.”
    “Neither do I. But I know her from somewhere.” He grimaced before taking a sip of his beer. “She knows what kind of underwear I wear.”
    Colin shrugged. “You probably slept with her.”
    “I didn’t.” Ten years ago that might have been true, but now he knew it wasn’t.
    Colin studied Ellis the same way he appraised a piece of furniture, with his head tilted to the side. “I guess she’s a little on the chubby side for you but it’s possible. Those soft girls are good for a tumble once in a while and she looks like she’d be a good one to tumble with for a couple of hours. Very fuckable.”
    “Watch your mouth,” Mike warned his friend, immediately wishing he hadn’t. What did he care if Colin made a comment about her? Mike barely knew her, and the little he did know was a big pain in his ass. But she still deserved some respect.
    “You got a thing for this girl, Edwards?” Colin raised a brow at him and then looked over at Ellis once more.
    Mike’s eyes unwillingly followed. She was laughing at something one of her friends said, enjoying the company of the two women he’d barely noticed last week. Even across the darkened bar he could see how brightly her face was lit up. Her head tilted backward, her mouth slightly opened. It made him want to be in on the joke.
    “I don’t have a thing for her,” he denied, although the image of her in nothing but red panties appeared in his mind more often than he would like to admit. “I barely know her.”
    Colin placed his hand over his heart. “I, Colin O’Connell, never thought I’d live to see the day that Mike ‘Lady Lover’ Edwards would be sweet on a girl. I’m bloody well touched.”
    “What man talks like that?” Mike shook his head. “You sound like your grandmother.”
    “I love my granny.” Colin finished his dark beer. “And don’t change the subject. You always talk about your conquests with me, and now your mouth is shut tighter than a nun’s legs.”
    “There is nothing to talk about.” Mike was getting slightly irritated with Colin’s sudden inquisitiveness. It made him wish he’d never said anything about Ellis in the first place. She was just a woman. A woman who didn’t even like him.
    “Fine. We won’t talk about your girlfriend anymore. But the blonde sitting next to her is fair game. Come on.” He stood up. “Let’s go be on their team.”
    Mike knew that spending the next undetermined amount of hours with Ellis was a bad idea, but his brain couldn’t stop his body from getting up and following his friend across the pub.
    *   *   *
    Ellis watched Mike get up from his seat across the bar. He was probably here to pick up women. Do men still do that? Do women still let that happen?
    With Mike they probably did. He had that way about him, that smile that made him seem like a badass and good guy at the same time. She tried to keep her attention on her friends but like a magnet he drew her eyes wherever he went in the room. This was supposed to be girls’ night out. She was supposed to be relaxing, forgetting about men altogether.