Licked (Devoured #1) by Hazel Kelly Page B

her eyes and rolled down her cheek.
    He took the box from her and removed the ring. “Madeline Bridget
Henry, will you marry me?”
    “Yes,” she said, sticking out her hand. “Of course I will.”
    Kirk slipped the ring on her finger and she threw her arms
around him. He pressed his cheek to hers and hugged her tight.
    “I love you, Kirk,” she said. “I love you so much.”
    “I love you, too, honey,” he said into her hair. “Welcome home.”
     

Julianna
     
     
     
     
    Station was like any good college bar. It specialized in loud
music, cheap drinks, dark corners, and colored lights. It was one of Julianna’s
favorite places to go because it was close to her building so it was easy to
get home when she was completely blacked out.
    It was also right down the street from the house where her
favorite frat boy lived. She could always count on Todd for a decent fuck when
the rest of the world was letting her down, and he never let feelings get in
the way. He respected the arrangement she preferred which was friends with
benefits, easy on the friend part.
    “Hey ladies!” Tara arrived at the end of the booth with a round
tray half covered in jager bombs.
    “Heeyyy,” the girls cheered in unison.
    “How much for the tray?” Julianna asked.
    “Twenty,” Tara yelled, swaying to the beat.
    “We’ll take it,” Julianna said.
    Tara laid the tray down and the other girls started transferring
the pile of shots to the table while Julianna stuffed a twenty dollar bill in
the top of Tara’s low cut shirt.
    “Thanks, bitch,” Tara said, giving Julianna a kiss on the cheek.
Then she disappeared with the empty tray at her side.
    Julianna raised one of the shot glasses and waited for Sam and
Heather to do the same. “I’d like to propose a toast.”
    The girls nodded.
    “To Sam who finally nabbed Mr. Gray.”
    The girls threw back their shots.
    Julianna raised another.
    “And to Mr. Gray himself, who doesn’t know what’s about to hit
him!”
    The girls tossed the sweet liquid down their throats and slammed
their glasses down on the sticky table.
    Sam started moving the empty glasses to one side of the table.
“His name is Kevin, by the way.”
    “Noted,” Julianna said. “When are you going out with him again?”
    “I don’t know yet. Sometime next week.”
    “You meeting Todd tonight?” Heather asked.
    Julianna shrugged.
    “He asked me if you were going out tonight. I saw him at Jimmy
Johns.” Heather wrapped her glossy lips around the small straw in her Jack and
Coke.
    “See how I feel later,” Julianna said, “but thanks for letting
me know he’s up for it.”
    “Duh,” Heather said. “No problem.”
    Julianna shook her hair over her shoulder. “What about you
Heather? Any men of interest lately?”
    Heather made a guilty face. “I fucked Rocko last night.”
    Julianna put her face in her hands.
    “Not Rocko the stoner?” Sam asked.
    “Yeah,” Heather said, wrinkling her forehead. “Not to be
confused with all the other Rockos you know.”
    “That’s so stupid,” Sam said.
    “It was just a bit of fun,” Heather said. “He’s just a friend.”
    Julianna leaned back in the booth. “You don’t mix drugs and sex.
Not like that.”
    Heather rolled her eyes. “Whatever. We’ll see if you guys come
around late night when it’s time to roll a blunt.”
    “Just be careful,” Sam said. “That’s all we’re saying.”
    “What am I supposed to do? Stay home and read Fifty Shades every
night?” Heather asked.
    Julianna dropped her smile. “Tell me you aren’t reading that
book.”
    “Sure I am,” Heather said. “Isn’t everybody?”
    Sam leaned back in the booth. “Oh here it comes.”
    “What’s the big deal?” Heather asked.
    Julianna leaned forward and put her forearms on the table. “The
big deal, Heather, is that everything about that book oppresses modern women.”
    “What are you talking about?” Heather said. “I just read it
sometimes when I’m in the