Forbidden Attraction: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by K.C. Crowne

Author:K.C. Crowne [Crowne, K.C.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

Megan

"Let me guess, the usual?"

"Absolutely, Alan!"

He grinned and slid two Budweisers across the bar toward me.

"Nice to see you both back," he said. "I’ve not seen you here in a while."

"Been working my ass off," I explained. "Overtime's a bitch."

"Ah, but you love your job."

"Yeah I really do."

Alan moved away to serve a large group of customers that were pushing up against the bar. Taking the beers, I pushed my way through everyone and emerged at the back of the bar to where my best friend, Ruby, was sitting in her usual seat.

The two of us had been coming to Flannigans almost every weekend for the last five years and always sat in the same booth. Mainly because it was right next to the jukebox, and Ruby had an obsession with headbanging to all the seventies classic rock hits.

She was eyeing it up now as she decided what to put on.

"Aerosmith or Kiss?" she asked as I approached and handed her a beer.

"How about something different for a change? You know mix it up a little."

She looked at me as though I'd just insulted her great ancestors.

"Mix it up? Like I should just start playing Roxi Lane songs from now on?"

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with Roxi. Some of her songs are really catchy."

"So's syphilis, but I don't want that either."

I laughed and sank into my seat. It had been a long week, and I wanted nothing more than a night getting tipsy with my favorite girl.

"I'm going for Aerosmith," she said, standing up to slot coins into the jukebox.

"Just make sure it's not Dream On. You ALWAYS play that one."

Thankfully, the opening chords to Crazy came on accompanied by Ruby's out of key voice. She danced her way back to the table still singing.

"I freakin' LOVE Aerosmith!" she said. "Which reminds me. Did you hear about who's playing the town Halloween festival?"

"Nope."

"Red Cherry."

"Get outta here! Really? The Red Cherry?"

"Yep! They're not quite Aerosmith."

"But they're the next best thing! Aw, man! I loved them growing up."

"I still love them," said Ruby. "I mean I did name one of my cats after their lead singer Corey Dumont."

"Which one's Corey again?"

"The ginger one."

I shrugged, not able to remember. I wasn't much of a cat person, and Ruby had five of them, all of them elusive little fuckers that insisted on running under my feet and hiding beneath the bed when I entered. No doubt they could probably smell the dogs off me.

Now dogs, they were actually pets worth having. They loved you for starters, and they never wrecked your curtains because you bought them the wrong brand of tuna like Ruby's did.

"How are your fur babies?" Ruby asked.

At least one thing we had in common was that our pets were like children to us. My own little babies, Rolo and Reuben, were my whole life and what I looked forward to when I went home.

"They're as cute as ever," I replied.

"Cute? I wouldn't quite say they're cute. I meant they're Rottweilers, Megan."

"Hey! Rottweilers are cute! And they're still puppies.

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