Page 14 of Third Chances (Men of Manhattan 2)

"Oh, very spicy." He rolled his "r" slightly and winked at her.

"That sounds delicious. What's the best drink that the Jaguar's Den has?"

Pablo rubbed his chin. He looked like a statue. I bit the inside of my cheek.

"Our bartender makes the best piña colada I've ever had."

"Well, maybe we can start with a round of those?" Kristen said.

"I'll just take a water." The champagne had made me feel slightly queasy earlier. I wasn't used to drinking very much. And I couldn't handle anything else on an empty stomach.

Kristen elbowed me. "She'll take a water in addition to the piña colada. And maybe we'll take two orders of the spicy shrimp to start?" She looked around the table.

"How big are the skewers?" Layla asked.

"Oh, very big," Pablo said. "And there's two per appetizer. But we find that most people can only handle one at a time."

Layla blushed. "That sounds perfect."

I wanted to snap my fingers. Bring me food already! My friends were being terrible.

"I'll let you ladies have a moment to look over your menus. And I'll be right back with your drinks and appetizers." He smiled and walked away.

"His ass is amazing," Layla whispered. "Why don't all men wear shorts like that?"

"Do those even count as shorts?" Kristen asked. "I have the weirdest urge to bite him."

I rolled my eyes and looked at the menu. Everything sounded delicious. "Why are there no prices?"

"Everything's included with the price of the resort."

"Really?" All the menu items just got even more delicious looking now that I knew they were free.

"He was totally talking about how big his penis was, right?" Layla asked.

"It sure seemed like it," Kristen said.

Yum, Chicken Oscar! I tapped my foot as I waited for Pablo to return. I was so hungry I could literally eat anything.

"I'm definitely getting a rib-eye," Alina said and closed her menu. "Don't look now, but the guys at the bar are totally checking us out."

I turned around to look.

"I said don't look. They'll see you!"

But it was too late. I had already made awkward eye contact with one of them. I immediately turned back around when he smiled at me.

"Here's the drinks for the beautiful ladies," Pablo said as he walked up with a tray of drinks. He put the four piña colada down on the table.

For some reason his words made me blush. Maybe it had something to do with how I was normally called cute. I could count the times that I had been called beautiful on one hand.

"And the big, spicy shrimp skewers." He put down the two plates of appetizers. "Are you ready to order?"

"Yes," I said immediately. "I'll have the Chicken Oscar. But could I have the sauce on the side in a separate cup?"

"Absolutely." He jotted it down on his notepad. "It comes with asparagus and..."

"Is the asparagus steamed?"

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