Avery nearly choked at the thought. She didn’t attract guys like him. Computer geeks or accountants…those were the types of guys who asked her out.
Not hot, muscular men with lethal smiles and a body made for sin.
“I’m sorry.” Jack’s forced apology broke through her thoughts.
Unsure of what she should say, she crossed her arms at her chest and gave the man a curt nod. “Apology accepted.”
Garrett leaned toward Jack with a final warning. “I see you near her again, you and I are going to have issues. We clear?”
“Yeah, man. Sure.” Jack’s head bobbled up and down quickly. “Whatever you say.”
“Glad we understand each other.” Garrett released Jack’s arm with a slight push and motioned for the door.
Rolling her lips inward to keep from smiling, Avery watched as the idiot tripped over his own feet and fell to the carpet, spilling his drink before jumping back up and taking off.
The crowd behind them—one she hadn’t even realized had formed—began clapping and whistling with approval. A couple of guys even taunted Jack as he disappeared around the corner.
“Thanks for that.” She lifted her gaze. A sharp intake of air became caught in her throat when she got her first look at his ocean blue eyes.
Wow.
She already knew the man had a handsome face and mouthwatering body. But thoseeyes…
He stared down at her. It was probably her imagination, but when their eyes met, Avery could’ve sworn she felt a type of charge traveling throughout her entire body.
A powerful, magnificent, electrical charge. And it felt a lot like…
Lightning.
This was it.Thisis what she’d always read about. What she’d always dreamed of finding.
She thought she’d felt it earlier but had blown it off as overzealous nerves and wishful thinking. But now, as Garrett’s gaze remained locked with hers, Avery couldn’t deny there was a connection.
One unlike any she’d ever felt before.
Clearing his throat, his low voice reached past her thoughts. “Hope I didn’t overstep. I saw that idiot start to get stupid with you and thought I could help.”
“I’m pretty sure he was already stupid long before he met me,” Avery teased.
Garrett’s wide shoulders shook with a deep chuckle. “Pretty sure you’re right. Anyway, I figured if he thought you were with someone else, then maybe he’d steer clear of you for the rest of the trip. Hope that was okay.”
“I appreciate you stepping in.” She was unable to tear her gaze away. “Thank you.”
“No thanks necessary.”
Lost in his seas of blue, Avery suddenly found herself wondering what it would be like to stare into those same eyes every day for the rest of her life.
Whoa, Aves. Slow it down a bit.
Her subconscious was right. She’d just met Garrett. Hell, she really didn’t know any more about him than she did Jackass Jack.
Except for reasons she didn’t understand, her instincts were telling her this was a man she could trust.
“There you are!” Garrett’s brother appeared beside them. “What the hell, G? One minute, you’re standing next to me, and then I looked up andpoof. You were gone.”
Like Garrett, Colt had his sunglasses resting on the top of his head. With a clear view of his eyes, too, Avery noticed they were identical to Garrett’s in every way but one.
No lightning.