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He looked like he should be in a rock band instead of being a

"What would you gentle?" I tried to be cordial as more overly excited women came in The second they saw Ryan and his friends, their deuys looked over e chick h Shane and Cal were equally as handsome In no time at all, the brave ones in the crowd tried to cozy up to the actors

I tapped a beer for each of them and with every second that I had to watch all the over-zealous girls flirting I became more and more irritated I placed the last beer on the bar when Ryan asked what he owedIt’s oneven h my door I hurried out from behind the bar; I was on a et in," I inadvertently barked at him

"Okay," he replied a tad defensively "Sorry – are there too many people in there now?"

"No, but we’ve filled our quota of obsessive fans," I snapped as I eyed the girls aiting to pay the cover charge "People need to get a freaking life," I mumbled to myself and stomped my way back to the bar

Ryan and his friends were still standing by the bar but noomen surrounded them on all sides Traaze followed me but I didn’t look at him I stepped back behind the bar and for a irls with my baseball bat

I purposely relocated le of women, which landed ed Marie in Ryan’s direction

Fortunatelyone drink after another I made a conscious effort not to look for hih it was hard Occasionally I’d allow er

"Are you mad that he’s here?" Marie whispered in my ear

I shook my head while I prepared two vodka tonics

"Well you look ic to whores," I mumbled under my breath

"Oh, I see Jealous, not mad," she corrected

I huffed out loud "How am I supposed to compete with all of that?" I nodded at the crowd of women "Ahh, it doesn’t matter"