The Fighter (The High Rise, Book 1) by Harper Bentley Read Free Book Online

stays on the sidewalk until I give
him a wave when my driver pulls away from the curb. I give the Uber
dude my address right as my phone rings.
    “Where are
you?” Dani asks.
    “Just left the
office. I’ll be there soon.”
    “’Kay! Hurry!
I’m excited for the club!”
    “I’ll make
sure to tell the driver to step on it,” I say dryly.
    She laughs and
hangs up and before I forget, I pull up my alarm on my phone to
remind myself to call Stella at The Arches tomorrow to see if they
have anything that might make Mrs. Lanning happy. But I’m not going
to hold my breath.

    “That’s hot!”
Dani says when she walks into my room.
    I glance at
her from where I stand in front of my dresser mirror holding up
different earrings to my lobes. “Wow! You look amazing!” I answer
as she spins around for me to see her from every angle.
    We’re both
wearing the dresses we bought last weekend just hoping an occasion
would arise so that we could wear them. Seriously. We really need
to get out more.
    “That blue is
perfect on you,” she states when she turns back to me.
    I guess we are looking good, both of us in tight dresses, hers a red
bodycon and mine a royal blue, blousy bodice type with a neck
opening so big that one side hangs off my shoulder and a shirred
mini skirt that hits me mid-thigh.
    “Dangly or
hoops?” I ask, holding one of each earring to my ears.
    “Dangly. No,
hoops.”
    I raise an
eyebrow waiting for her to change her mind again but when she
doesn’t, I mumble, “Hoops it is,” and put them on.
    “Ready to go
meet some hotties?” she asks.
    “As I’ll ever
be.”
    We leave the
apartment and as we walk to the elevator, I want to kick myself
when I glance back down the hallway toward Heath’s apartment.
    “What’re you
looking at?” Dani teases, bending to adjust the strap on her
shoe.
    “Nothing,” I
squeak out at being caught.
    “You can still
be his friend, you know.”
    I let out a
very unladylike snort. “And the guy who plays Jaime Lannister is
gonna ask me to dance tonight.”
    The elevator
doors open and we step on.
    “It really
can’t be that bad, can it?” Dani surmises.
    “Oh, it’s bad.
I’ve told you, I’ve known him for, like, five minutes and can
literally feel the hate radiating off him every time we encounter
each other.”
    “Maybe he’s
gay and is jealous of your high cheekbones or something.”
    She does have
a point. Most of our gay guy friends are extremely hot and like to
make a big deal of coveting some of our assets which always makes
us feel fabulous about ourselves. I give her a look and shrug not
wanting to talk about it anymore.
    Dani smiles.
“Well, let’s just focus on having fun tonight. Dance our hearts out
and partake in the consumption of adult beverages.”
    “I can so do
that,” I say smiling back at her.
    Once in the
lobby we make our way across the street and to the west a bit to
the club. When I see the crowd and limos and cabs dropping off
people, I know I’m going to be getting more calls in the morning (I
probably have several on my voicemail already) about the traffic.
Ergh.
    “I heard that
Perez Hilton was gonna be here,” Dani whispers as we walk to the
front of the line feeling the begrudging glares of the people
waiting to get inside boring into our backs. Yeesh.
    When I see
Paul working the door I wave after catching his eye and he motions
for us to come over. I grab Dani’s arm, pulling her along with
me.
    “Hey, you two!
You guys look great,” he comments a little loudly over the music
that’s coming from inside when we make it to him then he leans down
to give us both a two-sided air kiss.
    “Hey, Paul.
Thank you,” I say a bit shyly. As I said before, I can read people
pretty well, and I’m kind of sure that Paul might like me as more
than a friend.
    “Tell me there
are celebrities here!” Dani gushes.
    He smiles
coyly then leans down and whispers, “Madonna and Gaga are supposed
to show.”
    Dani and I
gasp then