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“Do you know what you want to eat?” I ask him, trying to get him to drop it.
“Yeah. I’ll have a dozen wings and another beer. Ry?” He turns and smiles at his brother, who’s still looking at me like I’m offending him by being here.
“Same,” he says, his voice deep and rough.
I remember how that gruff voice felt against my neck as he pushed into me over and over. Biting back a moan, I pour him a beer, and slam it down a little too hard in front of him, not looking him in the eye.
Hot and bothered, I spin around and march over to the computer to put their food order in.
This man will be the fucking death of me.
I try and ignore him, but I feel his gaze on me the entire time I’m moving around the bar. And like a moth to a flame, my eyes search his out on their own, and every time, I feel like prey being captured by the beast.
He’s too much.
He’s too everything.
It’s like he can see past all of my shit and down to the scared girl I still protect on the inside.
“Hey, Ash,” Alex calls from behind me. “Food’s up.”
“Oh, okay.” Heading back to the kitchen, I grab the two plates of wings and carry them back out to Ryan and Tyler. Placing them down, I get a smile from Ty, but not Ryan.
What is his problem with me being here?
I can’t keep playing this battle of wills. I know I won’t win. Sighing, I push a few stray curls away from my face and continue on down to another customer.
“Hey, gorgeous, I haven’t seen you here before.”
“Because I’m not from here. What can I get for you?”
“Whiskey. Neat. And you.”
Internally rolling my eyes, I force a smile as I pour his drink. “Sorry, I can only provide the drink. Nothing else.”
“Come on, darling. I can show you around if you’re new. Where’re you from?”
“I don’t need showing around. I’ve been here before. Do you have a tab?”
“You’ve been here before? I would have remembered seeing a beautiful woman like you if you had.”
“It was last summer. Do you have a tab?”
“I’ll start one,” he says, smiling. He’s cute I guess, but my mind is on the man a few seats down. When the guy hands me a credit card, I make sure not to touch his hand as I slip it from his pinched fingers. “I’m Jeff.”
“Let me know if you need anything else,” I tell him, finally making my escape to the computer.
Eventually, Ryan relaxes, and I see him out of the corner of my eye smiling as he talks to Tyler. My God, that smile could make me do anything, no matter what it was, or where I was.
“Ash?” I hear a distant voice call.
“Ash?” Louder now, I snap my eyes back to the drink I was pouring and see that I basically filled the whole thing with vodka.
Shit.
Alex nudges me, and gives me a knowing look. “So, Ryan?”
“What?”
