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“Another one bites the dust,” Charlotte said, raising her glass Two other glassesover her fingers and onto the floor

“Good riddance to bad boyfriends” London downed the last of her Fuzzy Navel and sat the elass on the bar

“I’ll drink to that,” Sasha said, sucking out the last drops of her Long Island Iced Tea

Steele, the bartender, refilled her glass

“That’s the problem” Charlotte tucked a stray strand of red hair back into her straboy hat “Nick wasn’t a bad boyfriend He was…nice”

Sasha and London stared at her over the top of their drinks

“You already dumped him, Char” London wadded up her napkin and tossed it at Steele “Don’t add insult to injury”

“You women are all the same” Steele set three shots up in front of theuy who’s nice to you”

“Nick was nice” Sasha picked up her shot “And kind of hot Nice isn’t bad Nice is just…boring”

“Boring,” London agreed

Charlotte sighed and gazed down into her drink

Nick was nice Too nice So nice she wanted to kill him for it sometimes Last week had been the last straw She’d fallen asleep during sex Missionary position FiveTenabout you” Just…like…always

“Boring,” Charlotte echoed as she looked up and h the bar The man, whoever he was, looked to be in his th dark hair and olive skin From what Charlotte could tell, he wore a weird suit, kind of Victorian-looking, like so so htclub was a park in spring, and he was a country squire out on a pleasant Sunday ramble

“Steele, who is that guy?” London asked

Steele gave the three ladies a half-cocked smile

“That is Kingsley Edge And he is the opposite of boring And if you three have any sense you’ll stay away from him”

“What sense I had just took her panties off and laid down in front of hile

“God, he looks like a pirate” London ran her finger around the rilass