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"Go say hi to Stephan," I told hiave me a stern look, but headed in that direction

Judith and Marnie joined ht at a level without with them

"O M G, Bianca, that is the ushed as we made our way across the bar I flushed, but I certainly couldn’t dispute the coht pretty," Marnie said

I wrinkled my nose The word pretty just sounded so feood in bed, too?" Marnie asked, clearly skeptical "That just isn’t fair If I looked like him, I’d never leave my house I’d just stay hoht becoot to the line for the restrooeous crowd that had already forood twenty feet away from the actual bathroom

I smiled ruefully "Then I won’t tell you," I said

Both wohed at their theatrics

"I guess good things really do coo on one date without sleeping with a guy And I can’t go two days without finding a date, so I guess I’ll never be getting anyone good"

"I can’t wait to coood That kind of good only comes to those ait twenty-three years, apparently," Marnie said forlornly She brightened, snapping out of it alet a piece of Captain Daood"

I didn’t point out that he hadn’t even looked happy to see them I doubted it would even slow them down They were a persuasive pair

"What’s with all this tabloid garbage I keep seeing?" Marnie asked, leveling a rather serious stare at ri horrible things because it gets attention I’ave me a baffled look "I think it’s awesome It feels like we know a celebrity now I think it’s all so fun and exciting And he’s so beautiful There could be worse things"

She had a good point about the worse things, I thought

I shrugged "I can’t change it, so I’irlfriend?" Marnie asked "I read soeous heiress, for like, the last eight years"

Talk about a hed "He tells uess the question is, do I believe hi him is notto do with hiorgeous bling I vote trust hi to reood cop, bad cop

Marnie patted my shoulder "Be careful, Bianca That man looks like he could break hearts for fun, yanno?"

Judith pretended to fan herself "But what fun, right?"

I couldn’t argue with any of it It was nothing that I hadn’t thought roup of women huddled close, a few people ahead of us They hispering and rudely pointing me out I didn’t know any of theht attendants that I’d never worked with I guessed that they’d read so I was going to have to get used to

It was all part of the media circus that surrounded Jaive up on the enore when he was in hot pursuit

The group burst into laughter Even their laughter sounded catty, so I knew they were saying so else, a longtis that couldn’t be changed

We eventually ot in and out of the bathrooirls had had Judith and Marnie about ready to brawl They’d gotten progressively louder, eer’, as they shot lances

Whatever they’d read about me, I couldn’t understand hoould affect theh to be openly hostile to a stranger It was beyond

CHAPTER SIX

My back stiffened as we approached our group again Jahing at so But he wasn’t alone Melissa was practically plastered to his side, laughing along with them

"You notice that bitch didn’t say boo until we left Then she swooped in like a vulture," Marnie was saying under her breath