On Dublin Street The Bonus Material - Samantha Young Page 0,33

much. He was a hot blooded male with a high sex drive and Liv was a gorgeous woman. Of course his dick would want in there. But there was a difference between fantasizing about it and making it a reality.

Christ, though, lately she wasn’t making it easy on him.

“Oh my God, Olivia, you look… amazing,” Jo grinned.

It bugged Nate a little that they all looked so surprised that Liv was gorgeous. Did they not have eyes before she put on a sexy dress and some make up?

As for Liv she fidgeted, looking uncomfortable with the attention, and he immediately wanted to touch her, soothe her. “Uh thanks,” she said and then shot them an adorable smile, “Moving on.”

Sensing she was going to move by him and sit by Ellie, Nate grabbed her hand and tugged her down beside him so her side was flush with his. Her perfume was different. She usually smelled fresh and citrusy. Tonight she wore something feminine, floral. Musky. Sexy.

He ran his gaze down her body again, wondering how the fuck she could be so blind to her own appeal. The plump tops of her breasts trembled a little against the tightness of her neckline and somehow they looked even more mouth-wateringly impressive against the smallness of her waist in the black top she wore. Then there were those shoes and how they managed to make her legs look even more amazing.

He looked back at her pretty face and into those stunning, feline eyes. He fought a hard-on and felt she should know this in a roundabout way. “You look insanely fuckable.”

Liv’s whole face lit up as she laughed in surprise. “As always I’m charmed by you, Nathaniel.”

Nate grinned, knowing she sounded sarcastic but actually meant it. He could see her almost preening with feminine pleasure and it made him pleased as fuck to give her that.

“You have such a way with words, Nate,” Ellie said.

“He’s worse than Braden,” Adam agreed.

He shrugged, taking a swig of beer, thinking he and Braden got on so well because they both were men who said it like it was. “I say it how I see it.”

Glancing back at Liv he caught her profile as she scanned the bar like she was looking for someone. It was then he remembered their bargain. Shit. Of course. The whole point to the clothes. She was supposed to ask someone out tonight.

“Another round?” she suddenly asked the group.

Nate glanced down at her knee and saw it was bouncing ever so slightly. She was nervous. He just curbed the urge to slide his hand along her thigh to calm her. He and Liv might understand their relationship, their closeness, but he didn’t want their friends getting the wrong idea and filling Liv’s head with romantic shit about him.

“I’m buying.” Adam stood up. “Corona and lime?”

“Talisker and ginger ale. On the rocks,” she replied.

Bloody hell she was nervous.

“You okay?” Liv asked Jo for some reason.

Jo nodded. “Are you? Whisky?”

“I just felt like something a little different tonight.” She looked away, scanning the bar again.

Nate leaned into her and murmured in her ear, “See anything you like?”

“I’m looking.” She murmured back. “I feel like I’m going to throw up all over my new shoes.”

And this was why he liked her so damn much. Liv said it how it was too. He felt affectionate sympathy for her and tried to tease her out of her nerves. “Please don’t. I know how much they cost.”

It did the job. She beamed that Hollywood smile of hers at him. The first time she ever smiled at him it knocked him for six. Liv was pretty with unusual eyes that made you look at her. But when she smiled… well, fuck, she was just drop dead gorgeous. “I’ll try not for your sake.”

“Appreciated,” he murmured back, again resisting the urge to touch her. Instead he shifted a little closer so his thigh pressed deeper into hers, letting her know in his way that he was there and that he believed she could do this.

Then suddenly he felt her freeze against him. Concerned, he took hold of her wrist, drawing her toward him. “What?”

Liv looked like a cat in the headlights for a second and then she threw a look at the bar. “I found him.” She nodded toward a group of guys at the bar, not sure who she was talking about. The one that stood out was a tall blond guy but he was not at all what he pictured