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"Yes – that’s e for you," he said loudly as he handed a white envelope to me

I tore the envelope open; inside was a hand-written letter

I had to read the note twice; it didn’t sink in the first time Does this mean that he likesof soet his rocks off with the local selection while he’s in town?

He was a super celebrity and I wasn’t - and as h to know that nothing lasting could coister, bit the cap off with th and resolve I wrote NO on the back of a Mitchell’s napkin My heart was thuely painful action He wasn’t the first guy I’d denied, but he was definitely the first for a denial on a napkin via teenager -terht stand with anyone, regardless of how fah the motions? I could not put my heart on the line for this one

I sed hard, folded the napkin, and handed it to the boy

"Please give this to hiret this decision

My eyes shot over toman makes it safely to his car" I stood there and watched as the boy left through the front door with my reply in his hand while an old, familiar pain caused the fissure in ht devoid of love

The nextoutside ray in ht, sunny yellow I had hoped to wake to The weather seemed to match my sullen s for awith force while a vision of Ryan appeared in hts I pushed my hair back off my forehead and tried to rub the sleep froh into ed hts flashed back to writing "no" on a napkin Why did I do that? He asked for my phone number and I chickened out

A split second later, rationality sunk in He’s not just another guy who has the potential to rip your heart out and hand it to you while it’s still beating He would be capable of ain – so he h After all, his last known speculated girlfriend was beautiful

I took a long look at ree with his assess outhair My suone, but I still had a bit of glow left onsome cold water on my eyes The more I rubbed, the bluer my eyes appeared

"Not bad for a twenty-seven year old," I whispered out loud to the et to add a famous person to my short list of friends? Deep in e

Despite Ryan’s outward gesture, how could I ever compete with thein the shadows to bag their own leading loss tans - not to ures, silicone breasts, and filthy-rich bank accounts Examples of them were listed conveniently in the supermarket tabloids, and they were all on the hunt for one of their own kind Ryan Christensen was definitely on their eligible bachelor’s list

Then I wondered why I thought the fale actresses would be any different fromtheirinfidelity Even the beautiful starlets were left broken-hearted

And thendirectly in line with the gorgeous actresses looking for husbands would be the legion of super-hotfor their own arm candy Ooh, look at me, I have Mr Super-Hot Actor Man on my arm

If he wasn’t an actor and extremely faive hi the list, why not add in all the eligible daughters of the rich and powerful… and top it off with several lobe ould kill for a shot at Ryan Christensen