The Bartender (Modern Love World) by Piper Rayne

Author:Piper Rayne [Rayne, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

18

I decide that I will head over to the Thirsty Monk to see if Cole is around. Besides, we still have a couple of locations to visit and we need to discuss when we’re going to do that anyway. These are the kinds of excuses you tell yourself when you’re trying to justify your behavior. I just don’t want to face the fact that I shouldn’t accept Cole’s invitation to hang out.

Opting for the bus over Uber seems like the responsible thing to do since I need to watch my spending, so it takes me a while to make it to the bar. By the time I do the heels I’m wearing are stabbing my feet and I just want to sit down.

As soon as I enter the pub I glance around. There’s only a few other people here, which I suppose is normal since it’s just after lunch on a week day. I spot Cole speaking to the blonde bartender from the night I met him. They appear to be deep in conversation and I don’t want to interrupt so I slink off and sit in a booth in the back corner. I can still see them from here and I watch as Cole’s face turns serious and he places a hand on the girl’s cheek. He nods and then she says something else. She’s gazing up into his eyes like he’s her savior or something but damn it, I can’t see Cole’s expression. They embrace and a sickly feeling invades my stomach, which I know is not good news because I should not be feeling anything other than disinterest at the fact that Cole is hugging another woman. But that combined with the tape I saw at the audition has me wondering why I even headed over here.

They separate and she goes back behind the bar to do whatever it is stupid girls who hug their bosses do, and Cole turns to head in the direction of the kitchen. He must spot me out of the corner of his eye because he whirls back and locks his gaze with mine from across the room.

There’s a brief second where his eyes flare and a panicked look creeps into them, but it’s gone just as fast. I wonder if he’s concerned about what I saw. The earlier expression is replaced with a slow, easy smile as his long strides eat up the distance between us.

He looks good today. Damn good. He’s wearing a worn pair of jeans and a plaid lumbersexual shirt that’s fitted enough to see how fit he is underneath. His sandy brown hair is a little messy and though he’s not sporting a beard, the five o’clock shadow is in full effect.

“Hey.” He slides into the booth on the opposite side of me. Cole smiles and it seems genuine, which is good because I was beginning to think that I was a complete idiot to come here. “How did the interview go?”

“It went okay. I managed not to make a complete ass of myself, so that’s a bonus.

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