Page 79 of Guys Can't Write Romance
Rhino turned back to Carly. “What about refusing to admit that you’re crushing on your writing partner? Is there help for that?”
“I’m not crushing on Daisy,” Chad said, sliding the phone from his pocket and checking his texts.
“And you’re not checking for texts from her right now?”
“I’m checking scores.”
“Well, pay attention,” Rhino said. “Carly is giving you professional advice. Ash?”
“Does Daisy know?” Carly said.
“Probably,” Rhino said. “He modeled the female lead in his book after her, and she modeled her male lead after him.”
“We did not,” Chad said, scrolling through texts. “Any resemblance is purely coincidental.”
“He’s still in his denial phase,” Rhino said.
“I think it’s cute,” Carly said. “That sounds like a romance plot right there.”
“That’s what I keep telling him,” Rhino said.
“In case you’re wondering, I’m ignoring you guys,” Chad said, still scrolling through texts.
“So, why’s she out with this other guy?” Carly asked Rhino.
“Because she’s as clueless as my clueless roommate,” said Rhino.
“Still ignoring you guys,” said Chad.
Further down the bar…
“Hey. You see the guy down there at the end of the bar?” Troy said as he and Brett walked up to a cute brunette girl seated at the bar.
The girl leaned forward and looked down the bar. “The guy in the baseball cap staring at his phone?”
“That’s him. He’s in a really bad place right now, and we thought if a cute girl talked to him, maybe he’d snap out of it.”
The girl leaned forward and looked again. Chad was still scrolling through texts. “He seems fine to me. Maybe a little preoccupied with his texts.”
“Trust us,” Brett said. “He’s suffering from a serious condition.”
“Oh, no,” the girl said, her face softening. “Is he dying?”
“Worse,” said Brett. “We caught him watching Hallmark movies.”
“Alone,” Troy added.
The girl just stared at them for a moment, waiting for the punchline. “Wait. You’re serious?”
“We wish we weren’t,” said Troy.
“I told you it was bad,” said Brett.
“Ohmygosh, no,” the girl said, her face breaking into a smile. “That’s adorable. What’s his name?”
Troy and Brett exchanged panicked looks.
“Uhm, Chad,” Brett said to the girl. “You don’t think that’s alarming?”
