ROARK
M
y laughter was loud,
and I couldn’t do much to get it under control. Clapping my hand to my chest, I glanced around absently and sucked in a sharp breath when no one seemed to care about my volume. The place was still essentially empty despite the fact that Ally and I had been here for two hours, and I sighed heavily.
She looked so much more mature than I remembered; the more she spoke, the more little bits and pieces of our first three dates came back to me. Watching her spear a piece of cold shrimp with her fork, I shook my head as I reached for my wine.
We were both drinking a little more than we should’ve, but I had a driver. No worries.
“You and your brother sound very close, Ally. He couldn’t have made it less embarrassing for you?” As terrible as it was that Ally’s bro
