Falling For My Ex's Brother: A Second Chance Romance by Ella Sloane

Author:Ella Sloane [Sloane, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

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LANA

I walked into the bustling taproom of Deft Rock Brewing with Maddie. We were there for an informal meeting to go over new marketing materials with Dylan and Brent.

We came a little early to scope out the customers and get a better feel of the regulars that frequented the place.

I glanced around, taking in the busy taproom. Groups of people laughed and chatted over pints of beer. Rock music played over the speakers, adding to the lively ambiance.

Dylan waved when he spotted us but he was staying busy with other things, only glancing my way now and then. I tried not to let him catch me looking at him.

I didn’t want to be alone with him, or even around him much at all. Because what he wanted, what I wanted, was too damn tempting. I didn’t like the guilty feelings creeping back in. I was still with Austin and feeling this way about Dylan wasn’t fair to him.

Carl, the general manager they’d hired, and Shayna and Aaron, the taproom servers, were all there and all busy. They had a bus of older people from some group doing a tour, so Dylan was talking to most of them and being friendly.

Maddie pushed some art mockups toward me so we could check the designs against the general ambiance of the place.

Shayna hustled by, and I waved her down. “What group is this?” I asked, motioning toward the throng of people surrounding Dylan.

“I can’t remember their official name. It’s kind of like Red Hats, you know, the group for older ladies, but it’s for everybody. They pride themselves on getting out and doing cultural things. Museums, breweries, theater, that kind of thing. And that group,” she said, pointing at some women walking into the taproom, “are just regulars. They come every couple of weeks.”

Then she hurried away to serve the other guests.

We focused on the designs until Carl stopped at our table, curious to see what we were working on.

Laughter rang out from the other side of the room, so we all looked. Two women stood in front of Dylan, both laughing louder than they needed to.

It was instantly obvious that they were flirting their asses off. They seemed to be in some sort of competition to get his attention, one trying to out-laugh the other and flirt harder.

Carl’s eyes flicked to the women he chuckled. "I see Dylan’s fan club is out in full force."

Fan club?

I glanced at Carl, confused. He just laughed good-naturedly.

“That’s just what I call them. I think they come here more for him than the beer. And that one,” he said, nodding in the direction of the one with the tightest pair of jeans, “is like the fan club president. She’s been trying to get with Dylan for months. We have to pry them off so he can actually get any work done some nights."

I watched her step closer to him.

“Those jeans have to be cutting off circulation to something,” I said, amazed that she could breathe at all.

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