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second time tonight, I found myself frozen in place from his mouth-watering grin. "Are you always this jumpy?" he asked as the tension in my body started to dispense.
    "Only when I'm here," I replied dryly. "I can't even count how many times I've been groped, grabbed or kissed by crazy drunk strangers in this bar." The smile on his face faltered for a split second and I swore I saw a hint of jealousy and anger in his eyes. "Why do you think I have a zero tolerance policy for blatant disrespect of my waitresses?" I pointed out as I looked at him with a shit eating grin on my face.
    "Ohhh, I see," he said, over exaggerating the words. "Well, that makes a bit more sense as to why you castrated Blake then," he snickered. "I don't think he's used to being spoken to like that. Usually, woman worship the ground he walks on, or so I've heard. I'm surprised his super powers didn't work on you."
    "Super powers? Oh, please!" I bellowed. "Every night there is a new arrogant prick just like him in here and every night I have to put them in their place or kick 'em the hell out," I explained as my anger started to rise. Just thinking about that type of guy made memories of Lance flash through my head and that always made my temper climb.
    Cam's eyes grew larger as I spoke, as if he could sense another one of my mood swings brewing under the surface and he was preparing for the explosion. I knew I needed to try to keep myself from lashing out at this poor guy again. He hadn't even done anything to me and I was taking all of my resentment out on him.
    "So...um...do you have any super powers I should be aware of?" I asked, feeling foolish as I tried to steer the conversation in a new direction. Unfortunately, I turned down the one road I didn't want to go down .
    Shit, I did not just ask him that!
    His face lit up and the playful smirk returned full force as he slowly bent down closer to me. My whole body tensed up as he spoke softly into my ear, "I have more super powers than you'd ever imagine, firecracker."
    Backing away just as gradually as he leaned in, he lifted my chin and stared right into my eyes. His hand traced the contours of my face and my whole body came alive. I wanted so badly to lean into his touch but I forced myself to stay still. Scared he would hear the pounding in my chest; I took a deep breath, stepped backwards and watched as his hand fell from my face. I regretted the decision right away and it was even worse when I looked into his eyes.
    They were full of a strange uncertainty. His mouth parted as if he was going to speak but nothing came out, he was hesitating and I wasn't sure why. I could tell he was trying to think of what to say after not so subtly being rejected. "But I'm sorry to say, I think you may be immune to all of them." His voice was laced with disappointment and the sound of it made my stomach drop.
    I couldn't even articulate a thought, let alone speak. I was a total mess over this beautiful man before me but my stupid mind kept putting up this wall, adding new layers every time he tried to break through. I wanted to turn and walk away; leaving him behind and forgetting that this night ever happened. Knowing that it was the best thing to do I gave him a pathetic 'I'm sorry' look and began to spin on my heel when I felt an arm wrap around my shoulder and pull me back.
    So much for leaving him in the past.
    "Hey, Chica," Shay said as she pulled me closer to her. "What ya doin'?"
    I didn't like the tone in her voice. She was up to something. Shay was the nosey type, always sticking it in places where it didn't belong, especially when it came to me and men. At least once a week she tried hooking me up with someone and I had a feeling this was just another one of those times.
    "Nothing, I was just going back to start closing the night out," I said, trying to turn around again and make my escape.
    "Oh, were you? Well, lucky for you I already did it," she stated, giving me a squeeze. Damn her! The one time she