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I turned back to otta get back to work," he announced "But really, I can be next in line if you want I have good teeth, a pretty s voice you’ll ever hear"

I laughed and shoved at his ar uys thought of irlfriend material "Get back to work, Rock Star," I told hirinned and salutedAspen and et back to work on our drinks We talked and laughed and after another Godzilla-sized Bahama Mama each, we danced Mason bu in sy me he’d send his woman Reese around to cheer me up sometime

Hours later, I decided I loved this place I loved the noise and le one of the hunky brotherly bartenders ent out of their way to cheera little too heavily against Aspen as I polished off my umpteenth drink and h declaration, I had to lift a proprietary finger into the air as I made it "Tha’s it I’m done with men Forever and ever"

"That new bartender keeps checking you out," Aspen slurred intoword I’d just said

"Huh?" I glanced over, but he was already in the process of turning away I scowled at his backside, even though he had a nice one A very nice one Hured I think only the sexiest men alive were allowed to bartend at Forbidden It had to be so

My drinking buddy nudged my elbow "So? What do you think? I think he’s yulance because I’d never heard her appreciate anyone’s sexiness except Noel’s before, and every freaking bartender orked at Forbidden was hotter than sin

When she wiggled her eyebrows, letting h Aspen was adorable and hilarious when she drank

She leaned into me and whispered loudly, "I think you should ask him if you can ride his disco stick You know, to help you repound from Cameron"

I snorted and slapped a hand over my mouth "You mean, rebound?"

"Tha’s what I said" Her brow crinkled with confusion "Wasn’t it?"

"Sure," I murmured, since re-pound see about

"So?" She went back to nudging my elbow "What do you think of hiuy He was half turned away this tiely fah allwhere the heck that had come from Then he turned fully away, and the bulkiness and breadth of his shoulders brought back a coer’s profile, which knocked some reality back into me

He really was a massive work of perfection, but I felt unco at him had made my body react Guilt bit at my conscience because I’d only ever experienced such an instant physical craving for one other person infor my taste"

"I don’t know" Aspen chewed on her straw as she watched hi hot about it Like you just want to soothe his tortured soul"

I snorted "And what’s up with the overly tight T-shirt?" Okay, noas just trying to find details to nitpick since I was done with men forever and ever, andtheet it"

As Aspen snorted out a laugh, the new bartender turned his head just enough to the side, as if listening in on soulped and flinched back, even though there was no possible way he could’ve heard me in this loud, crowded place all the way at the other end of the counter Could he?

I decided to quit bashing hier--not Ca to deserve my scorn

"I think I’ll leave his disco stick alone," I told Aspen

"Okay, whatever" She shrugged, letting ood enough for Pick to hire, he can’t be half bad" Then she sucked down the last of her drink