A posse of bois who had hit on me earlier was trying to get around us at that point and had brushed by me when Aerin paused and let go of my arm.

So I turned to them and coquettishly tapped the nearest shoulder of one in their group. “You wanted to dance with me earlier, right?”

Their eyes widened as they exchanged quick looks and then looked at me.

“Uh huh!” a couple of them answered. Without skipping a beat, one of them grabbed my hand and I willingly allowed them to pull me to the dance floor.

There were four of them, and when we reached the dance floor, they formed a protective circle around me.

A couple of minutes into the song, while I danced in the middle of the pack, I looked quickly at our table and saw that Annie was smirking, Katy was aghast, and everyone else was still in shock. After a moment, I saw Annie look over at Aerin, and for some reason, I had a feeling another drama was about to unfold.

Sure enough, I felt a pair of hands pull on my shoulders as the song ended and another one was mixed in.

I was spun around and when I came to a stop from my spin I locked eyes with Aerin. Katy and Annie were following close behind, while Shane and Helena stood abreast of her.

The bois started protesting when Shane shut them up with a simple, “Scram bois.”

“What the hell are you doing?” Aerin shouted.

“Getting hit on,” I answered cheekily. I cocked my hip and faced her, arms akimbo.

“Their hands were all over you!” she exclaimed. Her brown eyes flashed anger and then she dropped her hands from their grip on my shoulders.

I retorted, “They weren’t, actually. I slapped them away, when they got close. But it’s just like you to assume something like that!”

We were standing chin to chin. In our heels, we were about a head taller than many of the other women in the dance floor.

After a minute passed, she said coldly, “We’re done.”

Wait a second. Is she still playing? Or is she serious?

My heart constricted and my palms grew clammy. I tried to make eye contact with Aerin but she’d spun on her heel and had started to walk away quickly.