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“Raincheck?” I offer

“Sure See ya around”

I nod as he climbs down the ladder Deep down I know he doesn’t stand a chance in hell until I get my crush on his brother worked out of my system I don’t knohat it is about the men here I swear they roup I have ever seen So up

Chapter 6

Zane

I don’t knohat it is about Hattie, but da of her and when I wake, the first thing I think about is seeing her set uy Hell, I don’t even bring wo Hattie on my brain so damn much has me ten kinds of fucked up in the head I haven’t cared to be friends with a woman since I met my ex-wife, Lanie And well, that shit didn’t pan out too well She fucked around on h to es before she screwed me ten ways to Sunday She called me a loser and said I was headed nowhere because I turned down a recording contract I had one song get on the radio and I hated the attention that came with it The whole ned that contract? Maybe I didn’t really have a choice though Lucas was off doing his rodeo shit and our little brother, Mason needed a role model Our old man had bailed, and the kid was in middle school Someone had to be responsible for hi to leave Mason to fend for hi care of hiree Lanie wanted the rock n’ roll lifestyle and I didn’t All I wanted was to own a bar and play some music After she cleaneda singing bartender as raising his little brother

Since she burned ain The one who falls head over heels Once the divorce was final and she was gone, Lucas caain and took it out on me He told me he had fucked Lanie Told me what a whore I had been married to

No one knows the hell Lanie put h and I prefer to keep it that way I don’t need pity I won’t see Lucas find ha

ppiness with Hattie He thinks he got one over on

I see how Kiesha looks at hih he won’t ad Hattie to make her jealous because she told him no when he asked her out

Working at a local bar gives e now I have learned how to read people and knoho is down for a little fun and ill grow attached after one night Hell, one night rarely ever happens It’s et out, that has been my plan That is until I laid eyes on Hattie

The day she wisped into town, Zelda had been houndingturn She said I was going to ht she was full of shit, but then Hattie walked in and I swear I had never felt such a pull to a woman before It was ht plenty of ti was soher that ere fated to re and shot o the best way I kno…random hookup

When I came out of the bathrooht chewedet there, but I respect Sienna And I like her old man, he has done a few tats for me in the past

I have been trying to overcome my manwhore ways since Hattie breezed into town I care about what she thinks of et to know her Fuck, I even told her I wanted to be friends She basically laughed in et to know her I can be friends with a wo deal at all Other than the fact that I swear I a to do with me However, I know she is attracted to me I can feel the sexual tension that passes between us each time we are near one another

This is uncharted territory for o for a swim today, but I don’t want to push too hard I aet her to drinkKiesha, my brother’s secret fuck buddy to helpdesperate