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“If you say you don’t, then you don’t” I shrug

“Just…be careful, Fable I like you You’re the nicest person in this place because as you realize, ith a bunch of bitches” We both laugh over this The other girls virtually ignore us Luckily enough, it’s only T who’s working with us tonight and she’s too professional to be catty “But Colin considers you on probation, so one wrongmoves,” I reassure her No way can I afford to I need this job

“Good” Jen so check onif she harbors some sort of secret crush for Colin If she does, I can’t really blaorgeoushow attractive Colin is He’s charht fall all over theet with hiet with him myself He has a powerful allure to him that’s hard to deny But I’uy

For once, I feel relatively secure overthe key word, since I don’t quite knohat to call what’s happening between us

I need a definition Tonight, we’re going to talk, Drew and I I’ure out what’s happening between us If he so much as tries to bolt the ht kick his ass

The last thirty oes by quick and I’m thankful Drew doesn’t come into the restaurant to pick ering around the hostess desk, his gaze questioning when I tell hiht as I head toward the door I’m prepared when he asks if I need a ride home and I offer him a breezy no-thanks as I push open the door and head out in the dark, briskly cold night

I spot Drew’s truck in the lot and I hurry to it, exciteh me when I see hi jeans and a hooded sweatshirt and he looks a me a crooked smile “Nice coat”

It’s the saht he asked irlfriend The one I hate with a mad passion but it’s the warht I decided to forget being vain and ith the warmth factor when I slipped it on before I left for work

“Thanks I hate it,” I say with a laugh, h too “It’s so puffy It makes me look like a little round ball”

“It definitely doesn’ta slow perusal ofon underneath it, which I know can’t be the case Unless I’ and you happen to reveal that you really are naked under there”

I shiver Not only froaze “Keep drea to have to disappoint you”