Page 10 of Run, Little Bunny

“The context is important for that word.”

Anna is funny.I’ve always thought so. And I can’t believe she hasn’t pulled her hand back yet. I can feel the warmth of her skin against mine. It’s nice.

“Let me show you one of my bar tricks.” She pulls her hand back. “Aaron, can I have a bottle of beer?”

“Which one?”

“Any one.”

He cocks a brow, then bends down to open a cooler before handing her a beer. She takes it and smiles at me before opening it with her teeth.

“Anna!” I yell with concern behind the mask. “Don’t fuck up your teeth … but that was impressive.”

“Why don’t you want me to fuck up my teeth?”

“Because you have a pretty smile.”

“You have a creepy one.”

“I know this mask is better suited for Halloween.” We both laugh. “Alright, little bunny, do you want another drink? You don’t have to drink the beer if you don’t want to.”

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Little bunny.It’s cute. I like that he’s calling me that.

“First,” I start, feeling flirty, “I need to know … are you astan?”

“Stan?”

He doesn’t know the word. More proof he’s older.And maybe Chad Braun.“Like, are you obsessed with me in a cute way … before today?” I can’t believe I phrased it like that. My cheeks flush.

“If the answer is yes, does that make me a stan?” he asks, and I nod, biting my lip. “I guess I’m an Anna Clark stan then.”

I’m tempted to ask his real name, but I’m having too much fun with all of this to ruin the mystery. “You can buy me another one of these cocktails.”

“Same as last time?”

“Yeah.”

He calls over to Aaron. “Another cocktail for the little bunny and me.”

“You really like calling me that.”

“I think it’s perfect for you.”I don’t disagree.“Claire,” he says, getting the red-headed server’s attention. “Can you tell Nicholas and Chris this beer is from us?”

Their server, who’s also got to be in her thirties, takes the beer from his hand. I wish I would have gotten more of a hint there. I can’t tell whether she knows him or not.

“Not a beer guy?” I ask, because Chad is definitely a beer guy.

“I’m a beer guy, but it would be too hard to drink with this mask on.”

I smirk, then lean in slightly. “So, why are youtoosingle?”

“Why are you?”

The lack of options around here… but maybe I haven’t been paying attention to the options.

“It’s not fair that you can see me blushing and smiling, and I have no idea what’s going on under there.” I wave my hand in a circle at the bunny mask.

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