gala
being
given
in
the
man’s
honor.
Ian
had
invited
Storm
as
his
guest
and
Storm
had
gotten
the
okay
to
bring
Jayla
as
his
date.
Instead
of
going
sightseeing
as
they
had
originally
planned,
Jayla
had
insisted
that
the
first
thing
she
needed
to
do
was
go
shopping
for
something
to
wear
that
night.
“All
right,
I
guess
I
can
find
something
to
kill
time
while
you
shop,”
he
said
releasing
her.
“But
I’ll
be
back
in
a
hour,
Jayla.”
She
grinned,
nodding.
“And
I’ll
have
everything
I
need
by
then.”
A
short
while
later,
Storm
took
his
time
as
he
strolled
around
Jackson
Square.
It
was
a
beautiful
day
and
a
lot
of
tourists
were
out
and
about.
He
smiled
when
he
thought
of
how
excited
Jayla
had
been
when
he’d
mentioned
tonight’s
affair.
He
had
enjoyed
seeing
her
happy.
He
was
also
enjoying
her
company…almost
a
little
too
much.
She
was
definitely
someone
he
liked
being
with,
both
in
and
out
of
bed.
More
than
once
he
had
to
remind
himself
not
to
make
more
of
what
they
were
sharing
than
there
was.
It
was
no
big
deal
that
over
the
past
few
days,
they’d
discovered
that
they
enjoyed
many
of
the
same
things.
She
liked
jazz,
and
so
did
he;
she
enjoyed
watching
bone-
chilling
thriller
movies
and
so
did
he.
She
was
one
of
the
few
people
who
lived
in
Atlanta
whose
favorite
football
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