Page 39 of Big Booze Boss

I agree, "Poor Blaze is doing his best to ignore her." I smirk at him, and he rolls his eyes. I look back at her frown and sense a meltdown is coming.

She whispers again, "Summer, you need to save him."

I panic, knowing if I do that, our attraction will become obvious to her. "He's a grown man, Jenny. He doesn't need saving. I'm sure he's dealt with fans falling at his feet all the time."

She frowns even harder, and her finger finds her teeth. "That's what I'm worried about! The way he handles it isn't the way you think."

I remember Larry's words about how Blaze screwed everything that wasn't nailed down. "Yeah, well," I tell her. "Maybe he'll surprise you this time."

She rolls her eyes, then blinks back tears. "She's ruining everything!"

"No, no, no! No meltdowns!" I scold her, but a tear leaks out.

She wipes it away, then stands and tells Brandon she's going to the bathroom. He stands too, but I rise and wave him off. "I got her."

I can feel Blaze's eyes on us as we hurry by.

I put my arm around Jenny's shoulders as soon as we leave the room. She leans against me and says, "I'm a mess."

I laugh and tease her. "You're a beautiful mess, though."

Once inside, I tell her how gorgeous her wedding gown is and how gorgeous she is going to look in it. I remind her that she's going to get the full spa experience in the morning and a hairdresser tomorrow afternoon. I ask if she's wearing her hair up or down.

She confesses she hasn't decided yet. She thought she would let the hairdresser choose for her and asks my opinion. "I like your hair up. You are very elegant, and you will look like a queen coming down the aisle."

When I open the restroom door for her, she walks through. But she stops before I can follow.

Blaze

Jenny and Breezy have been gone a long time.I push my chair out and stand up. Aware of the hotel's layout and conscious of the fact that the bar is just around the corner, and that it's a Friday night.

LuAnn reaches out and touches my thigh, and asks, "Where are you going, sugar?"

"To the restroom." I tell her and walk away. I hear her chair slide back and the next thing I know, she's trotting up beside me.

"I need a potty break too," she says.

I open the door for her, and she steps out, then waits for me to join her. She flirts senseless nonsense. Telling me how long she and Jenny have been friends. How she didn't realize I was her soon to be brother-in-law. How she hoped I would come to visit them more often.

When we enter the hall where the bathrooms are, she makes her move. She cuts me off, forcing me to stop and when I do, she slides her hands around my waist and laughs up into my face. "I'll make it worth your while."

At that exact moment, the door to the ladies' room opens, and Jenny steps out. Her face registers what she sees and her knowledge of my history fills in the rest. She steps back inside and thankfully, Breezy doesn't see.

I grab LuAnn's hands and remove them from my waist, saying simply. "Excuse me." Then I walk into the men's room.

Summer

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"Nothing." She says, then changes her mind. "Everything!"

I open the door and look out. LuAnn is leaning on the wall by the men's restroom, waiting. She gives me a twinkling finger wave, and I simply close the door on her.

Jenny rounds on me. "She's such a fucking whore! I should have known better than to ask her to be a bridesmaid."

"Calm down. You have no control over this, and you can't let it upset you."

She puts her hands on her hips and says, "You know, what? I do have control over this!" She spins around and walks out.

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