Devoted to Her (Dream Date Book 2) by Ivan Kendrick Read Free Book Online

to me,” Amanda said. She
looked at Nathan.
    “Okay.”
    Around thirty minutes later, the group finished eating
their food. Nathan was the first to ask his girl to the dance floor.
    “Let’s go dance,” he told Amanda, standing up. She
took Nathan’s hand and stood.
    Grecia and Ashton followed suit. Oswald and Claire
went next. That left Judith and Emmy at the table by themselves.
    “I wish I had a boyfriend now,” Emmy muttered.
    “Rather alone than with some jerk,” Judith said.
    “Ashton turned out to be pretty loyal.”
    “Yeah. I didn’t expect that.”
    Emmy’s eyes switched to a spot above and behind
Judith. The latter felt a prod on her shoulder. She turned.
    “Hi,” said a guy. He was quite handsome. “May I ask
your name?”
    “I’m Judith,” she said with a slight smile.
    “I’m Mike.”
    Judith nodded.
    “Nice to meet you, Mike,” she said. She looked behind
him to look at his group of friends. It consisted of two guys and a girl.
    “Would you like to dance with me?”
    Judith pursed her lips.
    “I would love to, but I’m afraid I can’t dance. It
would flatter Emmy to dance with you.”
    Mike’s eyes switched to Emmy. Once again, she was
forced to catch up. Judith looked at her and flashed a go-ahead-and-take-the-offer kind of look.
    “Why in the world not?” Emmy said. She pasted on a
smile and stood up. Mike took her hand. Emmy looked back at Judith, seeming
unsure. The latter gave the thumbs-up to her friend.
    Meanwhile, Amanda and Nathan were lost to their own
world. They danced among the throng of people already on the dance floor.
    “I wasn’t always a good dancer,” Nathan said.
    “What?”
    “When we were in high school, I didn’t dance. Unlike
most guys, I was a bit nervous about prom.”
    “That’s funny,” Amanda said, grinning. “ Prom made
you nervous?”
    “It did. And I’d lost my mother. I didn’t have a
female figure to teach me. So I taught myself.”
    “You did what ?”
    “Yeah. I signed up for dance classes at a local
studio. Dad thought I was taking karate lessons.”
    Amanda and Nathan laughed in unison.
    “Of course, I studied a little karate and even bought
an outfit to make it believable. I didn’t need to lay it on too thick to
convince Dad. He was still distraught over what happened to Mom.”
    “It’s no surprise you were able to save me the day I
almost get kidnapped.”
    “Actually, it is a little surprise. I only studied
enough to become a red belt or so. I’m not that skilled. It’s just that I’ll
never let anyone hurt you.”
    Amanda continued dancing with Nathan, absorbing what
he had just shared with her.
    “What motivated you to learn to dance?”
    Nathan thought for a moment.
    “You.”
    Amanda’s eyebrows furrowed.
    “Me? Really? But you never asked me to prom.”
    “No. I wish I had, but would you have said yes? You
were in love with your boyfriend. Most likely, I would have freaked you out.”
    Amanda said nothing, sighing.
    “ Did you go to prom?”
    “Of course. You? I’d bet a million bucks yes. I can
picture the long line of guys competing for the chance to dance with you?”
    “You would be right. I was still a little hurt at that
point, so it didn’t matter to me much who I picked. To be on the safe side, I
opted for a good friend of mine.”
    “Brad?”
    “No. He went to high school in L.A.”
    “Oh.”
    The two continued to dance. Halfway through the third
song, Amanda’s head snapped to the side. Nathan’s brows furrowed.
    “What happened?”
    Amanda’s eyes scanned the room. Frowning, she turned
back to Nathan.
    “Nothing. I thought…never mind.”
    They kept on dancing. When the song ended, Nathan
excused himself to go to the restroom. Amanda watched him leave, and then she
looked around. Ashton and Grecia were still dancing. Oswald and Claire were
going back to the table. Amanda made to follow them.
    At that moment, a guy walked up to her. Amanda stopped
to look at him.
    “Excuse me.