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His arms were the kind you dream about getting wrapped up in and never letting go. Avan had a square jaw, perfect teeth, full lips that begged to be kissed, and a dimple in his right cheek when he smiled. I wasn’t sure exactly how tall he was but even when I wore heels, he was still slightly taller than I was.
    He always wore Aqua di Gio cologne that screamed my name, begging me to push him against the wall and kiss him with everything I had.
    I glanced down at my watch, seeing that it was five minutes to seven. Sitting back, I sighed, hoping the exhaustion would leave with it, but I had no such luck. I knew Lena would be at least five minutes late. Lena has always liked to make an entrance so it never shocks me for her to be fashionably late.
    It was 7:15 a.m. when Lena finally pulled up in her new, shiny, black Corvette. Damien trades the cars in every year for new models, so Lena always had the hottest car of anyone at Oceanview. Walking in the door wearing snakeskin heels, a black mini skirt, and a low-cut top that caught every male’s attention in the room, she spotted me and waved. Lena waltzed to the bar where Avan was putting money into the register and leaned across the counter in her low-cut top, making sure to give her most come and get me if you dare vibe out. Avan picked up a pen and asked her what she wanted, ignoring her attempts at flirtation. She finally picked something, and he scribbled it on the paper without even looking at her before turning away.
    “I don’t get it!” Lena said as she took the seat opposite mine. “Maybe he’s gay.”
    “He is certainly not gay, Lena!” I almost choked on my coffee as I laughed.
    “Well, he certainly isn’t an easy one to tempt, which is weird, because he could have definite potential! Everyone knows he could be with any girl in school if he wanted.” Lena wrinkled her nose as she lifted a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
    “Wish he’d pick me,” I added under my breath so that Lena didn’t hear.
    “I’m telling you that boy has no idea what he is missing!”
    “Maybe he’s just really focused. I mean, if he flirted with all the girls, then they would come to Spirits to see him, they would spend money while they’re here, and voila , he increases business! But then a catfight would break out, cops would be called, you know how it goes. Things could get ugly really fast!” I retorted, trying to divert her attention by slurping my coffee. I thought, I would come spend every dime I had if he flirted with me! while sitting back and taking in how perfect he looked behind the bar, even though he probably had no idea I existed.
    “He is a cocky, smart-mouthed jerk anyway. What would a girl possibly want with him anyway, except on an adventurous and playful encounter? He’s a little too perfect to be a keeper. He’s the kind that I would have to chase down and capture. But that’s what duct tape and gags are for! Just stick him in the trunk and run off with him if and let him go once I got bored.”
    Lena never ceased to amaze me with what came out of her mouth at a moment’s notice.
    “So I have a proposition,” she continued with a snaky grin on her face. “I have this friend, and he doesn’t have a girlfriend, and since you don’t have a boyfriend I was thinking maybe—”
    “Lena, are you seriously trying to hook me up with a blind date?”
    “Let’s not look at it using ugly terminology like that.”
    “If I don’t know him, it’s a blind date!” I couldn’t stop the involuntary rolling of my eyes after my response.
    “Okay, but you kinda know him.”
    “Have I met him?”
    “Well no, but I’ve talked about him so you know of him.” Lena had that tone in her voice that was tinted with a pretty please .
    “Who is he?”
    I could tell she knew I would give in, so she was excited to bait the line.
    “Okay, remember last summer when I went with Daddy to that movie shoot for a month?”
    “Okay, I’ll bite, keep talking.”
    “Well,