Folding Hearts (Mitchell Family #2)(29)
Author: Jennifer Foor

I shook my head, feeling like I was going to regret this. This was exactly what Conner did not want happening.

I begged her to show me her outfit the whole ride to the frat house, but she kept refusing. When we finally parked, we noticed lots of people stripping off coats in the parking lot. I pulled off my clothes and turned to see if Miranda was following my lead.

Holy Hell!

My mouth dropped.

Miranda was standing there, in nothing but a tiny strand of saran wrap across her large br**sts and some concoction of a very small, very short saran wrapped skirt.

“Holy Shit!”

“Do you like it?” She spun around, probably to tease me more.

“There isn’t much there. Maybe you should keep the coat on,” I suggested.

“Why? Does it make me look fat or somethin’?”

“Hell no! You look f**king hot! Too hot! My friends are going to bust a load when they see you. Just stay close to me tonight, please. I don’t feel like fighting anyone.”

She started laughing. “Whatever you say. Lead the way.”

I held out my hand for her and thankfully she took it. This was a bad idea. Every guy in this place was going to be mindfucking her. She gave the word MILF its name.

Just as I suspected, we walked in and people’s mouths actually dropped. She may as well have been naked and I immediately felt protective. “Here we go,” I said under my breath.

Mike approached us. “Damn boy. Now I know why you didn’t call me back. Who is this fine thing?”

I looked over to Miranda. “This is……she is my….”

“Hi, I am Miranda. I am visiting from Kentucky,” She interrupted.

Mike looked her up and down as he shook her hand. “You are f**king hot!” He blurted out.

I rolled my eyes while he continued to give her his undivided attention. “Follow me if you want a beer.”

She looked back at me while he pulled her forward. I regretted it, but he was my best friend and all he knew was that she and I were together. He wouldn’t go against guy code. Mike wasn’t like that.

It took seconds for Heather to come up behind me and smack the caution tape over my ass. She let her hand linger. “Why did you bring her?”

“Because I wanted to.”

“Is that your baby?” She said as she turned around to face me. She had made a bikini out of beer boxes. The top was light beer and the small bottoms were regular beer.

“That is none of your f**king business.” I scoured the room, trying to spot where Mike had taken Miranda.

“Who is she Ty? I have never seen her before and she is clearly staying at your place.” She was jealous. I wanted to laugh in her face, but I was too busy trying to find Miranda to give her a second of my time.

“Seriously Heather, can you just stop throwing yourself at me. I am not interested. Can’t you take a f**king hint? What do I have to do to get the point across? I don’t want you!”

I never took my eyes off the crowd, and my heart dropped when I saw Mike and Miranda dancing together. She was so f**king gorgeous. Her body was perfect and I clenched my fist when I watched her put her hands in the air and Mike groping her at the waist. The tattoo on her ribs of Bella’s name was being displayed for the whole world to see. Then another one of my buddies grabbed her from behind and they were starting to run a damn train.

What the f**k?

Heather continued to talk, but I heard nothing she said. I pushed her out of the way and headed toward Miranda.

Chapter 17

Miranda

I couldn’t believe how awesome Ty was being and the fact that he had managed to give me a night out. After almost kissing me earlier, he had gone back to his strict friend demeanor. He kept confusing me. One minute I felt like he wanted me and the next he was making it clear that we were just friends.

The party was in full force and I loved all of the different things people were using to cover their bodies. Ty was nice to have let me hang out with his friend Mike. He was hot, but not as hot as Ty. When he asked me to dance, I glanced over and saw that Ty was with the girl who had been at his place the other night. I didn’t want to disturb them, he was probably telling her that I was his family. It hurt a little just thinking about it. I was really starting to wish that we could be more. I had even made an effort to woo him with my choice in attire tonight, but after his initial shocked voice, he stopped looking at me. I was running out of ideas and with having Izzy, I wasn’t going to throw myself out there anymore.

I had to focus on her, not myself. I couldn’t spend time trying to get guys. It just wasn’t a priority, besides I really loved Ty’s relationship with my daughter and didn’t want to do anything to come between them.

After having me take three shots with him, Mike led me to the dance floor. I tried not to look over at Ty. I wish I could tell him how much I wanted him. I had never been friends with a guy like I was with him. I didn’t want to lose that. I didn’t know if telling Ty the truth would mess things up between us, but part of me was finding it so hard to resist him.

Mike was a good dancer and I loved that he and his other friends were giving me attention. I never went out and didn’t have much friends at home. Being a mother will do that. Sometimes a woman just wants to feel desired. I knew I wasn’t ugly, but sometimes I needed the reminders.

“So are you and Ty together?” Mike asked.

I wish. “No, it is complicated.”

The shots were warming me up and I was starting to let go with my dancing. Mike’s hands started lingering like I had given him the go ahead that he needed. He was definitely a good looking guy. His sandy brown hair was cut short and he had pretty light blue eyes. If I had to guess I would say he was a football player or wrestler from the size of his muscles. He had taped a pizza box to the front and back of him to cover his package and the cardboard continued to rub against me as we danced. His rock hard chest was as exposed as almost every guy at the party. Some were not as easy on the eyes, but everyone seemed to be having a good time looking. Mike kept leaning into my neck and brushing his nose into my hair.

“I think I might love you,” he joked with a wink.

“Really? I think I have heard that line before. You will have to come up with a better one than that,” I teased.

“I will say whatever you want if it gets me a night with you.”

I let my head fall back as I laughed. Another guy came up behind me and started dancing with us. I had been too busy laughin’ at Mike’s comment to pay attention to the other guy. I was having a good time with two hot guys when Ty came up and grabbed me. “Thanks for keeping her safe guys.”