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rolling off of her.
    How could I have pissed this woman off? We were just about to leave this place together. Okay, so maybe that is a little presumptuous of me, but still, it’s not like she was pushing me away.
    “I’m sorry.”
    Wait…did I just apologize?
    That’s the second time I’ve apologized to her in a matter of minutes. I never apologize. I take a few steps back from her. Fuck, this woman has me confused.
    “For what?” She cocks an eyebrow like she’s daring me to say something, but I have no idea what.
    I shrug. “I don’t know,” I answer honestly. “For what you witnessed in the bathroom?’’ I ask, because I’m fishing. “Although, it didn’t seem to bother you earlier. If I recall, you thought it was funny.” She just shrugs her shoulders, so I continue to fish. “Uh, for getting too close to you? I didn’t mean any disrespect.” She shakes her head.
    Okay. I’m getting impatient.
    “Then what’s wrong? What did I do?” I ask, mimicking her crossing her arms over my chest as I spread my legs a bit further apart.
    “What did you do?” she snaps.
    Wow ! I take another step back from her.
    “You...” She points her hand over to where we were up against the wall. “You...’’ She frowns, shaking her head. “It doesn’t matter.” She turns around and starts to walk away out that back exit.
    I refuse to apologize for what I said to her. She was into it. I guarantee her panties are fucking wet, and she would have left with me. But fuck, I can’t let her leave. This woman has got me all tied up in knots. I know I know her from somewhere, but I have never fucked her. I would never be able to forget her, no matter how drunk I was. I don’t know if I should get down on my knees and beg for forgiveness, or push her up against the wall right here and kiss her until she forgets why she’s mad at me.
    “Tell me what I did wrong,” I demand, but she keeps walking. “Please.”
    What the fuck! Now I’m begging? This is ridiculous. I make myself stand up a little straighter, even though I feel a little lightheaded.
    She stops walking and turns around to look at me, releasing a big sigh. “Slade,” she says slow and sexy.
    My body freezes and my cock jerks. Fuck! That is all it took. The way she says my name told me everything. My stomach tightens, and I start to shake my head.
    “No,” is all I can say as I look at the floor and run my hands through my hair.
    “What?”
    “Samantha.” This can’t be possible.
    She tilts her head to the side. “Yes,” she answers, although I didn’t say her name as a question.
    I run a hand through my hair again as I frantically look around the hall for some kind of answer. “It can’t be you. You can’t be her,” I say more to myself than her. How can this beautiful angel be Jax’s ex that he cheated on?
    “What are you mumbling about?’’ She takes a step towards me. “Why can’t I be Samantha?’’
    I look up at her. “You’re Jax’s girl.” I didn’t mean for it to come out like that. I see her eyes grow wider.
    “I am not Jax’s girl. If you recall, he cheated on me. In your house! You didn’t even have the balls to tell me when you found them in bed together! Or maybe you just didn’t want me to know? Don’t worry, I get it, bros before hoes and all that stuff.” She flicks her hand up in the air.
    I take a deep breath, and place my hand in my pockets while rocking back on my heels. Nervous habit. “It wasn’t like I was trying to keep it from you. I didn’t know either of you. At the time, when you called, I didn’t know how he even ended up back at my house. I thought maybe you two were broke up. Or maybe he broke up with you and you didn’t want to let go…”
    That snapped her head back up to me. And if looks could kill…
    Oh shit!
    “That’s what you thought?” she asks calmly while taking steps towards me, tilting her head. “When I called you, you thought I was some crazy ex looking for her