“It would be if it was a certain someone,” Sue remarked in a sing-song voice.Sue knew about her crush on Rob, but that was all it was and would ever be—a crush.The man didn’t even know she existed.
“Sue,” June warned in a low tone, telling her not to broach that subject.
“Ooh, here he comes.”Casey bounced up and down in her seat excitedly.
Here who comes?June turned in the direction her friends were staring like deer caught in the headlights.
“Excuse me, ladies,” a man said as he walked up to their table.
“Well, hello there,” the ladies cooed at the newcomer.
June looked him over.He appeared to be a few years younger than her.Maybe still in college.His dark brown hair was swept off to the side of his face in an unruly way as if he ran his fingers through it a lot.He had a fresh face with a wide smile that she was sure dropped a lot of panties, but not hers.June had no interest in a guy like that.
“I hope you don’t mind me coming over.”
“Not at all,” they simpered.June stared at them wide-eyed.She hadn’t seen her friends this giggly before ever.It was as if they had been star-struck by their favorite celebrity; June couldn’t remember his name.He had blond hair and played a god in the Marvel movies.He could control lightning.
Good god, this guy was practically a kid, whereas they were creeping toward their thirties.She was more so.
“Hi, I’m Troy,” he introduced himself, holding his hand out for her to shake.June looked at it tentatively at first before taking it.He had a limp handshake like a wet noodle.
“June.”She gave a firm shake before extracting her hand back quickly and placing it in her lap.
He leaned closer and braced a hand on the back of her chair.June felt caged in and found herself leaning back, which he took as the opportunity to lean closer.
“I see you’re the only one who doesn’t have a drink.I was wondering if I could buy you one.”
June opened her mouth to decline when she spotted a waiter coming over with her customary long island.“Thanks, but my drink is just arriving.”She grasped the glass from the waiter and took a sip while watching him, giving him the hint to take a hike or move his attention onto someone who was more open to his advances.“I’m sure someone else around here needs a drink.How about you find them?”
“I’m thirsty,” Casey said huskily, leaning against the table and putting her ample bosom on display.
Troy’s gaze flickered to her friend before landing back on June; his jawline looked tight, as if he was irritated, before loosening.His smile broadened and a dimple appeared.She was sure that got him lucky a lot, but it didn’t affect her.
“If not something to drink, how about something to eat?”
What was wrong with this guy?Couldn’t he take a hint?She was not interested in him.Why didn’t he turn his attention toward Casey, who was obviously wanting to go home with him?
“Not hungry, not interested.Move on,” she said forcefully, not trying to be subtle anymore and ready for him to leave and let her enjoy the rest of the night with her friends.
Troy’s face transformed from charming to rage.His lip curled in disgust at her as his eyes narrowed to slits.“Fucking frigid bitch, you should be dropping on your knees and sucking my cock in gratitude that I would show any attention to a freak like you because I’m sure no other man wants a robot like you.Oh, wait you don’t even have knees.Probably just little stumps.”He snickered at his own joke.
June didn’t respond to his barb.Her friends, on the other hand, stood up and started yelling at him.Casey tried to throw her drink in his face, but Sue took the glass from her before she could hurl it.
As much as June would have enjoyed watching that, she didn’t want them getting kicked out of the bar because of this asshole.
The guy spun on his heel and marched back over to his friends.They all looked at her and started cackling and punching Troy in the arm good-naturedly.He pushed them away as he grabbed a drink from the bar and downed it as he glared at her with hatred.
June could feel the fury the whole way across the room.It wasn’t her fault he’d thought she was an easy target to get laid.Or most likely she was a bet.Some guys thought she was fun sport to place bets on because she didn’t have real legs and that she would be hard up for any guy to show her attention.Fuck that and fuck them.
“And that is why a man isn’t the answer.”June would rather be a dried-up old spinster than go out with a guy like that who didn’t see her as a person but a piece of meat that should be grateful for a male’s attention.
“June, are you okay?”Sue asked, her eyebrows furrowed in worry.
“I’m fine,” she responded honestly.The guy hadn’t said anything she hadn’t heard before.“Let’s just forget about him and any talk of men, and talk about something else.”Anything else.She’d rather talk about the weather than men.
“Agreed.”
Chapter 2
