Right Now (The Seduced Series) by Jackie McMahon Page A

in private.
    “Aw , you’re leaving?” Zach asked.
    “Yeah unfortunately, but it was awesome meeting you guys and I love your music,” I said.
    “Does that mean we are invited to the wedding?” Drew smirked.
    And here I thought nothing could shock me anymore, I was sadly mistaken. Dennis looked at me, I couldn’t really tell the emotion that was in his eyes; it was so careful, concealed even. I saw red in an instant; these guys were talking about me doing things I knew I could never do. Tame him? Ha, that’s a real joke even talking about being invited to the wedding, yeah right that will never happen.
    “Of course you are ,” I tried to keep the sarcasm out of my voice. “Actually I think you should perform when we take our first dance as husband and wife. What do you think of that honey?” I smirked then turned my gaze back towards Dennis.
    “Yes that would be great,” he replied much to my surprise but the sarcasm was nowhere to be heard in his voice.
    “It’s settled then!” I said excitedly as I clapped my hands together. I think I deserve an academy award for this excellent performance.
    “Awesome. We’d be honored,” Zach replied.
    I turned to leave and muttered a goodbye over my shoulder to everyone. As I made my way out of the living room, I gave myself a huge pat on the back. I’m so proud of myself, I gave myself some credit for being so strong. But why was my heart breaking into a million pieces at two of the simplest words, girlfriend and wedding. I made my down the first floor’s hallway, for a moment I leaned against the wall for support. I’ve never been so exhausted in all my life. I couldn’t even tell if it was physical or emotional. My heart was racing as I tried to make sense of what just happened back there.
    “Angelina? Are you ok?” It was Amber, another one of Dennis’s employees who also lived in the estate on the far west side.
    “Yeah, I just felt a little woozy. I’m fine now. Hey let’s go bowling, I challenge you to a game. Are you up to it?” I asked her while grinning. I wanted… check that, I needed a distraction to get my mind off of Dennis and the whole ‘girlfriend’ thing.
    “Um, I don’t know ,” she said reluctantly.
    “Oh come on,” I begged as I grab her arm and started walking her towards the game room.
    I didn’t see the need f or a game room only because he never came in here, but then again it’s a family estate so he probably spent lots of time here as a kid. I let my mind wander back to the cute boy I saw in the picture in his study, he looks the same except now he’s an unbelievably handsome man. I saw something in that little boy’s eyes that I see looking at him now, something happened to him and I knew he wasn’t going to tell me. Amber turned on the radio as a noisy pop song poured out of the speakers and flooded the game room, distracting me from thoughts. The music is not my style but I don’t care it has a good beat to groove to so I started to dance.
    “Ok you go first,” Amber said.
    “Okay,” I grabbed a bowling ball from the ball rack, aimed and chuck the ball down at the pins, nailing my first strike. “In heals none the less,” I added with pride. Amber laughed and clapped.
    “Nice shot!” She said as she grabbed a ball.
    Amber is a blonde haired girl with hazel eyes, she’s very pretty. I think she’s about my age but at times she seems younger than me. We often enjoyed each other’s company besides that she was easy to talk to and I liked that about her. I clapped my hands as she also nailed a strike. She curtseyed then bowed and we both started to laugh. I was losing track of time as we made bet after bet; challenging each other. I was having so much fun and oblivious to the stress from earlier. Out of nowhere the music suddenly stops so I turned to see what happened. I saw Dennis saunter towards us.
    “Hey, turn th e music back on,” I said with a little irritation in my voice. I know it was childish of