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over to where Abe sat with a bunch of
the guys from Red’s. There were also a few blondes loitering around the men,
their scantily clad bodies on full, tempting display. They had just gotten off
of work and motor oil still stained their shirts. Just looking at him had
longing spearing into her. He said he would do right by her, whatever the hell
that meant, and she had noticed a change in him. He didn’t drink as much, and
when he did come to Tiny’s, it was more of a social call than to get drunk. The
majority of those times were to see her home safely. A lot of her free time was
spent with him, ordering takeout, watching movies, and falling asleep in his
arms. Yet here she was, unable to admit what they had done for fear that
everything would change between them for the worse. For the time being, Sophia
could pretend that their relationship was the same, untainted by the scars of
their past. How many horror stories had she heard about friends sleeping
together and ruining their relationship? No, she could not risk that. Abe meant
far too much to her.
      She had played with the idea that maybe he
would take her into his arms and kiss her senseless when she told him. They
would live happily ever after, of course. Several times she had opened her
mouth to confess it all, but fear stopped her. What if he thought she was
lying? Since he didn’t remember, he might not believe her. The doubt that would
most certainly fill him would come as a devastating blow to her heart and their
relationship. Watching him laugh with his coworkers melted her heart. Deep down
he was a good guy, her good guy. Come
to think of it, she hadn’t seen him with any girls since their time together.
    For
the hundredth time she thought, how could
he so easily forget something that means so much to me? Letting her
thoughts take control would only make her feel even more awful. Sophia needed
to tell him, but she could never find the right time to do that and she still
didn’t know how she would broach the subject.
    Drunk, Sophia. He was
drunk and you knew that when you let it go as far as it did.
    She
exhaled, and as if he sensed her stare, Abe looked at her. He wore a
white-and-red baseball cap with the OSU logo on it. He had obviously been the
only one to change after work. His dark T-shirt was clean and stretched tight
over his chest. His whole demeanor was relaxed as he held her stare and brought
his beer to his lips. How could he make taking a drink of beer look so damn
sexy? His smile was slow and all for her. Even though he wasn’t physically near
her, her pulse raced and her palms started to sweat. All she could think about
was that night two weeks ago, how he had brought her to orgasm over and over
again. He had touched her more than just sexually.
    The
image of his hands skimming across her body, touching areas where no man had
ever touched before had opened her eyes to paradise. She still dreamed of that
night, still touched herself in her cold, dark room, picturing that is was
Abe’s hands getting her off instead of her own.
    “Hey,
shuga.” She turned her attention to the two guys that had just sat at the bar.
They looked rough, like they had just gone mudding and didn’t care how filthy
they were. They had to be in their thirties, but might look younger if they
cleaned the shit off their faces.
    Sophia
smiled and set a napkin in front of each of them. “What would you guys like?”
    “You
with nothin’ on, honey.” Sophia forced herself not to roll her eyes. She had
heard so many lame pickup lines throughout the years that this one didn’t even
hit the top five. When she didn’t respond, just cocked one of her brows, they
both sobered and mumbled their choice of beer. She set the two longnecks in
front of them and went to the other end of the bar to help a group of girls
that were part of a bachelorette party.
    “Soph.”
When she handed the last girl her frilly drink, complete with an umbrella, she
turned to look at Hunter.