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The customers just kept flowing through the door this morning. It seemed to just get more and more busy every day as the word spreads about Haiden's little café. As Reyna and I worked through the customers, I came across one that made my whole-body freeze in its tracks the moment he stood in front of me.
Archer.
He looked as handsome as ever in his three-piece suit, the kind that he always wore to the office. Not wanting Jared, who was still here, to know anything about who Archer really was to me, I acted as if he'd been just another customer.
"Hi, what can I get for you?"
Giving me that sexy half ass smirk of his, he asked. "Oh, so is that how we're going to play this? Like you don't know me?"
Worried that Jared would possibly overhear him, I shot a look over in his direction to check if he's paying attention to our conversation, only to find that he certainly was.
Archer caught my glance in his direction and followed my line of sight to him before looking back at me. "So, that must be the infamous, Jared, I've heard so much about."
Jerking my eyes back to his, I asked. "How do you know...?" Realizing mid sentence that it had been either Brooke or Reyna that had given me away, I continued. "Never mind that doesn't matter, did you want some coffee, or what?"
He leaned in closer to me. "No, but you and I have some things we need to discuss, and I mean right now." He jabbed his finger on the counter as if to make his point on the severity of the discussion he wanted to have with me.
Looking over in Jared's direction again, I saw him getting up and walking straight towards us.
Shit, shit, shit.
Not the best way to start my day. "Is there a problem here?" Jared asked Archer.
Shaking his head, Archer stood to his full six feet to match Jared's height. "No. Nothing to concern you. The lady and I are old friends and have a little catching up to do."
Feeling the tension thicken between the two of them, I turned to Reyna and gave her a pleading look to intervene. "Hey, Archer. Was Slade in the office this morning?" She asked, trying to draw his attention away from Jared.
Releasing his glare, that was locked on Jared, he turned to her. "Yes, he was. Did you need something?"
"Yes, can you come over here though, I don't really want to shout this out."
Archer glared back at Jared, then looked at me. "You and I are not finished here. I'll be right back." I watched as Jared reached out, putting his hand on Archer's shoulder as he turned to walk away, stopping him in his tracks. All I could do was pray that Archer held his temper in check and didn't start anything here in front of everyone. Swinging around, he moved forward, getting right into Jared's face. "Do we have a problem here that I need to help you figure out?"
"Yeah, we do. You can tell me what you want with Sloane? She's with me and I'm not fond of other men thinking they can just come in here and pull her aside for a private conversation aboutcatching upas you so nicely put it."
"Well, that's just too bad, because what I have to say is between her and I and has nothing to do with you."
Jared, stepped forward, getting a little closer to Archer's face. "Listen here,everythingshe does concerns me."
Not able to take this cock fight a moment longer, I told both of them. "That's enough! Both of you! You're making a scene and embarrassing me. Both of you can just leave right now." I turned on my heels and headed to the back area, away from them so I can think straight for a moment.
