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I stifled a s are you then, Carter?"

He sniffed and returned to his food "I’hed and ate ina pain would heal ASAP because when those blue eyes looked at s

We thankfully stopped talking about Roet along?

For the sake of their future band, I hoped to God they would

Thirteen

"Your boyfriend is sexy as fuck," said Melanie, leaning back against the bar

It was side her, and she was extree, and she seemed like the social type The second Marlena had introduced me to her, she wouldn’t leave me alone I was sure it was because the other waitresses were double our age

She stared at Carter fro hi her lower lip The as there in her pretty grey eyes

"He’s not ainst the bar top, watching him too

Melanie raised a dark brow "Serious? I saw hi your ass when you walked in"

Shit

He had, hadn’t he? He was norfriend-zoned with benefits, I guess Whatever it was, it sucked ball sacks

I avoided looking her in the eye and wiped off an iinary piece of fluff on my black uniform Maybe if I looked busy, she wouldn’t press forholes in the side ofI wasn’t sure I could trust her with that kind of inforan overall backstabber

"So, he’s single?" she proceeded to ask, studying uess," I answered with a shrug I gripped the pen tightly, considering sticking it in her eye if she so much as insinuated she’d try him

"And it wouldn’t bother you if I…"

I looked at her hard "If you what?"

She led her brows "You knohat"

We just stared at one another for a longit? Did I have to really put a claim on him? I wouldn’t stop hing I frowned at her, wondering what the hell she was sh out of nowhere like this She leaned into me and rested a hand on my shoulder I stared at the hand and then at her

"Jesus, you should see your face!" she said "I’ after hiest bitch in the world to take aon too many levels God, I can’t believe you’d think I’d do that! What’s wrong with you?"