Another couple slammed into my back, shoving me forward into his arms. My hands reached out to catch myself, but it didn’t stop our bodies from pressing together. Every part of me tingled at that contact, and if I’d had any remaining delusions that I could forget about what we’d done yesterday, they shattered for good now.

“Sorry,” said Andy. He was dancing with Casey, and like her, he was a longtime staff member.

Casey groaned. “Georgina, please take him. Even Seth can’t be that bad.”

“Debatable,” I murmured. I didn’t want to move, didn’t want to break my hold with Seth. I wanted to stay there and keep touching him, and because of that very impulse, I stepped back. My breathing was heavy, and it took me a moment to gather myself. I drew in one more deep breath and grinned at Andy. “Okay. Let’s see what we can do with you.”

Casey led Seth away, and I managed to avoid him for the rest of the dance lesson. When it wrapped up, everyone clapped in my honor and demanded I teach a follow-up. I assured them I would, but I was too flustered and preoccupied to settle on a date right now. I promised to get back to them later.

Several of them immediately jumped in to put the room back together, and seeing no further reason to stay, I hurried off to my office. My plan was to check up on some of the paperwork and hide out until everyone was gone so that I wouldn’t have to see Seth again. I was half-way down the hall when I heard someone call my name.

“Georgina?”

I halted. It was Maddie. I turned, hoping the smile on my face looked neither fake nor panicked. Fuck. She was here to bust me for cozying up with her boyfriend on the dance floor. And honestly, it was no more than I deserved.

But her face was all smiles and good cheer as she handed me a stack of papers. “I went kind of crazy,” she said sheepishly, “but these are some condo listings I printed for you. I’ve been searching online the last couple of days and kind of looked at everything since you still weren’t one hundred percent sure of what you wanted. Got a lot of good hits by the beach.”

I took the stack from her, stunned. This was the last thing I’d expected.

“It’s probably overkill, but it should give you a lot to look at. Then, if you get some ideas, we can go on from there.”

I glanced down at the top sheet, displaying a three-bedroom condo out on Alki. “I . . . wow. Thank you, Maddie. You shouldn’t have.”