Size Matters

by Alison Bliss

  As he watched Brett head out in search of Paul, Logan shook his head. Stubborn asshole. Then he grinned because the big, lovable jerk knew the dire situation Logan was in and was obviously damned determined to help in any way he could.

  Logan needed money. And he needed it now.

  “Want to explain what that was all about?” Valerie asked.

  The sound of her voice alone had Logan furrowing his brow. He needed to get away from her before he did something stupid. “Nothing. It’s just a damn T-shirt.”

  “I wasn’t talking about the shirt. I was talking about…the way you were looking at me before my brother walked up.”

  His eyes drifted over her face, and his throat tightened, but he said nothing.

  Valerie smiled, as if the thought of silencing him had shifted the winds in her direction for a change. She slinked over to him with a feline grace that disturbed the air around him and held a man’s attention.

  “What’s the matter, Logan?” Her sharp eyes focused on him with an intensity that heated his blood and made his heart hammer against his rib cage. “Cat got your tongue?” The words hissed past her parted lips and sizzled in his ears.

  He’d love nothing more than to stroke Valerie’s…ego and see how many times he could make her purr. But he didn’t have time for games. Especially not with her of all people. She was off-limits. A distraction. One he didn’t need or want in his life.

  Logan took a step back. “I’ve got to get back to work. Why don’t you go find your friends and let one of them babysit your ass for a while.” Then he turned and stormed away.

  He hadn’t meant to be so harsh and imagined her staring after him in confusion, but he refused to look back. One minute, he’d been flirting with her, then the next, he’d come to his senses and snapped at her…like it was her fault. God, I’m a fucking idiot.

  Maybe it was better this way. Safer even.

  Logan remembered all the times she’d flaunted herself under his nose, teasing and taunting him. And memory served him well. She’d damn near tortured him back then, and he wasn’t about to let it happen again. He’d just do what he had done years before—avoid her…even if it was difficult to do since the girl was impossible to ignore.

  He wasn’t going to look at her, think about her, or imagine what she looked like naked. Been there, done that. And all it had ever done was get him into trouble. He knew better than to get anywhere near Valerie, and he was washing his hands of her. For good this time.

  Dismissing all thoughts of her from his mind, Logan crossed the room and searched for Brett. He found him standing at the main bar, waiting to get Paul’s attention. Along with about twenty other people crowded around the bar with money in hand.

  Logan sighed. He’d been afraid of that.

  Grand opening night was the worst time to be understaffed, but it couldn’t be helped. Logan had hired the only three bartenders he could find on short notice—Paul, Derek, and James.

  Paul and James both seemed to know their way around a bar, working fast and efficiently, but Derek was younger and didn’t have the same level of experience as the other two. At least his pours were accurate and the cocktails were well made.

  Though some of the customers were moving away from Derek’s section to order their drinks from a waitress or traipsing over to the main bar to order for themselves, there wasn’t much Logan could do. If he hadn’t been forced into opening the bar sooner than he’d expected, he would’ve had time to find another qualified bartender or two. Lesson learned, for sure.

  Logan stopped beside Brett and caught him scoping out a brunette wearing a tube top at least two sizes too small for her ample breasts. “Hey, Romeo, put your tongue back into your mouth before you step on it.”

  Brett grinned. “I think I just died and went to heaven.”

  Chuckling, Logan said, “Yeah? Well, then where do you want me to bury your body?”

  “In her cleavage.”

  Logan shook his head at his buddy. Some men acted like such fools when it came to women. All they thought about was sex. Thank God he wasn’t perverse like that.

  Brett watched the woman join a group of her friends, then smirked. “So where do you want to be buried?”

  Logan sighed. Balls deep in your sister.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Alison Bliss grew up in Small Town, Texas, but currently resides in the Midwest with her husband and two sons. With so much testosterone in her home, it’s no wonder she writes “girl books.” She believes the best way to know if someone is your soul mate is by canoeing with them because, if you both make it back alive, it’s obviously meant to be. Alison pens the type of books she loves to read most: fun, steamy love stories with heart, heat, laughter, and usually a cowboy or two. As she calls it, “Romance...with a sense of humor.”

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  Copyright © 2016 by Alison Bliss

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