Looking over, I see a shadow of a man dressed in a nice shirt. I lick my lips as I contemplate what to do. The lighting is dimmed, so I can’t make out his features. I raise my glass to say thank you, then suck on the straw. I’m in no mood to be hit on right now.

Minutes later, I feel a presence behind me, and my body stiffens as I set my drink down.

“Need a ride?” His whisper covers my ear.

I spin around and gasp when I see him.

“What are you doin’ here, Knox?”

My heart pounds, both excited and annoyed.

“Heard you needed a knight in shining armor to rescue you,” he states confidently, sitting next to me.

I huff. “And they sent you?”

Goddammit, Harper.

He shrugs, then leans in to brush loose strands of hair off my face. “I actually came to crash your date. The thought of you with another man made me feral.”

My brows shoot up, but I remind myself not to get too excited. This is Knox after all. He’s the one who walked away.

“Well, you’re too late. I already fucked him in the bathroom and said good night,” I tell him dryly.

He turns my stool toward him, caging my legs between his thighs.

“Bullshit. You look too put together to have been royally fucked. Either he was a boring lay or you’re lying to me. So which is it?”

I roll my eyes, sipping my drink. “Why do you even care? Why are you here?”

As he sucks in his bottom lip, I lower my eyes down his body. Knox is dressed to the nines in a button-up shirt and nice dark-wash jeans that fit him like a glove. His facial hair is neatly trimmed, and he smells so damn good that I’m tempted to lean in and inhale his scent.

“I needed to see you. We have some unfinished business.”

“Oh we do, do we? Because the last update I got, you weren’t talking to me and told me to go be with Kane.”

“I may have said some things I didn’t mean,” he admits. He’s calm while my body is nearly shaking with nerves.

“I got scared when you didn’t pick me. You initiating a threesome made me think you couldn’t choose or didn’t want to. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy it, because I fucking did, but when I sobered up, my head was messed up. Seeing you with Kane made me realize how much I wanted to be with you and how afraid I was to lose you. So I pushed you away to avoid getting hurt even more. I thought making the decision for you was doing us both a favor.”

I’m stunned into silence. Maybe it’s the buzz hitting me, but my throat goes completely dry.