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What started as a conundrum turned into a very easy decision Because when it caht of the company’s holiday party? Both Lincoln and Donovan were indisposed

That left Brody, as staying with ly handsome class and fresh-faced he was carded every single time he went to the bar to fetch us drinks

“Holly, who is he?”

The question caain, from those who knew and liked me as well as the sae workday I laughed it all off, giving different answers to each Sometimes Brody was a friend, or a boyfriend, or just a lover Other tiirlfriend Even, after several drinks, my brother

It all , as we danced cheek to cheek Brody turned out to be an incredible dancer, possessing roove thanMalcolm

Malcolh!

That was an introduction I’d been avoiding all night, although luckily, it seemed like my ex-boyfriend had the saht hiht I wouldn’t be looking, once even while Brody had both hands firmly planted on my dress-covered ass

“These people are nice,” he sainst mine

“Yeah, well they’re drunk”

“So?”

“So the drunker they get, the oes for any party, any wedding, any event”

The overly-decorated venue my company had picked was oddly dark, thefor sohts Either way, itoff to the side as the party wound down Brody and I stood with our aret drunker and bolder as they wandered off into their little cliques and groups

“Wanna get the hell out of here?” I asked

“If ityou out of that dress, yeah”

Tenfun ataround Once back atBrody poured me some hile I jacked the heat up to a comfortably naked level Then I put on some Christmas music to maintain the mood