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“Most of them are harmless,” Laura said as she mixed a drink.

“Yeah, I’ve figured that out. I wouldn’t need to work if I had a nickel for every time one of them asked me out.”

Laura laughed. “That is the truth.

Siobhan glanced around the bar. It was standing room only, and she didn’t know how people were even dancing, but since it was a slow song, they didn’t seem to mind.

By nine, she was being run ragged. She’d make a drink, set it on the bar, turn and make another one. It was like a revolving door as she handed a young cowboy another beer.

“Anything else?”

“Your number.”

“One eight hundred, it ain’t happenin’,” she said and grinned when he put his hand over his heart.

“You wound me, darlin’.”

She shook her head, moved to the next person, and made their drinks.

“Hey, darlin’, could I get a beer?”

Siobhan turned to see who that deep, sexy voice belonged to and clenched her jaw to keep it from dropping open when she saw him.There he was: the man of her dreams.She stared into dark blue eyes surrounded by thick, lush lashes. His straight nose sat over the most kissable lips she’d ever seen on a man. Crow’s feet fanned out from the corners of his eyes, and she could see a faint shadow on his jaw. God! She loved stubble. Though he wore a black cowboy hat, she saw dark hair on his nape, and she wanted to crawl over the bar and straddle him.

“Ma’am?”

Snap out of it!

“I’m sorry. What can I get you?”Please say your number! Please!

“Beer. Whatever’s on tap is fine.” He nodded, then turned on the stool to look at the crowd.

Damn, what a good-looking man. She put him in his early-to-mid thirties. She was so absorbed in him that the beer spilled over the top of the mug as she held it under the spout.

“Damn it,” she muttered as she set it down, picked up a bar rag and wiped up the beer, then wiped off his mug and set it on the bar. He didn’t turn around.

“Your beer,” she shouted, so he’d hear her over the music. She saw him nod, then he turned on the stool, stood, removed his wallet, and paid her. Then he sat down, picked up his beer, and turned back to face the crowd.

“Keep the change,” he said over his shoulder.

Siobhan tightened her lips as she looked at the back of his head. Would it kill him to talk to her? She didn’t know what else she could do to get him to notice her. Maybe dance naked on top of the bar? She shook her head. He’d probably ignore that too.

What did she do to him? He wouldn’t even talk to her. Most cowboys at the bar spoke with her, even if they weren’t hitting on her.

“Are you okay? I saw you spill the beer, and you never do that,” Laura said.

“Yes. No.” She shook her head.

“What is it? Are you feeling ill?”

Siobhan smiled. “I got flustered by a good-looking cowboy, but I don’t seem to exist for that one.”

“His loss.” Laura laughed.

“Mine too, by the looks of him. Damn, he’s so hot.”

“Which one?”

Siobhan looked at where he was sitting, but he wasn’t there. She glanced around the bar but didn’t see him.

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