Avoiding Commitment (Avoiding #1)(103)

Lexi pulled his blue and white striped tie between her fingers and tugged lightly. "Well then it's your lucky day isn't it?"

He smiled wide obviously enjoying her advances. "I suppose it is. How's your ankle? Can you dance on it?"

"It's just fine." Lexi nodded checking off number two in her head and wondering if Chyna had beat her to it.

Armani Guy pulled her onto the dance floor. Typically with all the years of formal dance and gymnastics training she had, it made it rather difficult to find a good partner. It seemed that she had lucked out with this one. He moved with her perfectly in time with the music. He anticipated her change in direction and would even guide her hips to his own rhythm when the music took him. She was starting to get disappointed that she had set the rule that they wouldn't be taking anyone home. This guy, whoever he was, was actually helping her forget about Jack, and that was a feat in and of itself.

Lexi didn't know anything about him except that he was obviously wealthy. And though he seemed like a genuinely nice guy, he helped her when he thought she was injured, she simply couldn't let herself get swept up into an imaginary attraction to someone she just met. That never ended well for her. She needed to take this as far as her drunken brain would allow her. This guy was just like most other men. His chivalry was a reaction to her manipulation into getting free drinks from a wealthy benefactor. He wanted one thing and one thing only. When he realized that she wasn't willing to give him what he was looking for, and she kept telling herself that she wasn't, then he would find someone who was. She regularly thought that Prince Charming was right in front of her when she was intoxicated even though she knew there was no way that was the case.

"So do you have plans for the remainder of the evening or do you want to just get out of here?" he questioned into her ear.

She leaned her head back against his chest and swayed to the music. Sure she wanted to leave with him, but she'd promised Chyna. She hadn't even thought about Chyna for ages which could mean that she had already ditched her for someone else except Chyna was usually good for her word. If she agreed no guys for the night, then she would find Lexi by the end of the night and they would both go home alone. Lexi sighed…both go home alone. She needed to find Chyna. "I'm here with a friend. I can't leave without her."

He located her much more quickly than she would have been capable of. His height gave him a distinct advantage over Lexi. "Chyna, time to go," Lexi commanded peeling her off of some guy she had locked lips with. Whoever he was didn't look too pleased, but after seeing Armani Guy he quickly backed off and vacated the premises.

"Alexa," she shrieked, "the love of my life!"

Lexi giggled as Chyna tackled her forcing them both back into Armani Guy hard chest. "Oh excuse us," Chyna trilled batting her long lustrous eyelashes.

"It's not a problem. I was just helping, Alexa is it, find you," he said smiling politely at Chyna.

"Ohhhh," she said her eyes moving from Lexi back to Armani Guy. "Well thank you for that. She's hardly ever able to find me on her own."

"So she told me."

"Well it is time for me to go," Chyna said faking a yawn. "I guess I should check out. I'm sure you can find your own way home, right chica?"

Lexi knew this act. She was playing like she was going to leave so that Lexi could make a safe exit home. It also meant that Chyna approved of her choice. "Can you excuse us for a minute?" she asked Armani Guy. As he nodded, she yanked Chyna out of earshot from him. "No guys remember?"

"Yeah but did you see that Armani suit?" she asked her eyeing leaving Lexi's and glancing back at his build.

"Yes I did," she said snapping at her to get her attention back on her.

"Did you see those muscles?"

"Yes I did," Lexi growled.

"Did you see the way his green eyes blazed at the sight of you?" she purred.

"Chyna, cut it out. I saw, but it's a girl's night. I can hook up with him another night."

"You are insane, but I love you!" she exclaimed planting a drunken kiss on Lexi's lips.

Lexi rolled her eyes. "Yes I know dear."

"Just for the record, I think you should go for it."

"Well I'm not going to. Some other time," she said as she turned towards Armani Guy. "Sorry we have to get out of here."

"We?" he asked incredulously. She pointed between her and Chyna and his face transformed at the realization that she was going to leave without him. He'd put in all that work for nothing. She could tell he wasn't pleased. They'd hit it off, but she wasn't ready to go home with him yet. Not tonight at least.

"Sorry. I know you have that meeting," she quickly improvised. "Maybe we can meet up some other time."

"Well I'm leaving the city tomorrow, but maybe I could get your number and the next time I'm in town we can meet up."

Chyna grumbled something in her ear, but she swatted her away not wanting to hear her voice of reason. Of course she should go home with this guy, but that really wasn't going to help her tonight. Even through her intoxication, she was thinking more clearly then her best friend. She was too drunk at this point to go home with this guy and even though he helped her forget Jack, which was always a positive, he wasn't sticking around anyway. In Chyna's world, that was all the more reason to go home with him. Lexi felt differently about the subject. So she quickly punched her digits into his Blackberry and then dragged Chyna to the door.