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But she’d been good She’d walked away And when another woman had wanted to cut in, it had been fine with her She wasn’t the least bit interested in Cole Riley That other girl could have hi boobs And frorab-ass on the dance floor, they certainly all wanted him He hadn’t even bothered to look back at her For all he knew, she could have left by now

Not that she was jealous She was here to watch his behavior--to do her job

Yeah, you did a fine job ogling his erection on the dance floor, Savannah

Ignoring her thoughts, she watched Cole in the irl sandwich Really, were soh to be in this club? Cole was…hmm…close to thirty? If that brassy redhead enty-one, then Savannah was a Yankee And even if the girl enty-one--barely--he was still too old for her

Me-ow, Savannah

Oh, shut up She wasan observation

"You’ll never have hiaze away fro smile on her face

"Excuse me?"

Lulu nodded toward the dance floor "Cole You’ll never have him"

"Oh, honey I don’t want him"

Lulu seemed at a loss for words for a few seconds "Then what are you doing here with hiave her a sweet smile "None of your business"

The wo about Cole is my business"

"Apparently not, or he would have told you what I was doing here with hihtened She stared back at Cole like a jealous lover

Another one Cole was clueless about He needed to pay attention to his wolare "I a your feelings It’s written all over your face"

"I don’t knohat you’re talking about He’s just irls throw themselves at him"

"When you’d rather he throw himself at you?"

"No No He’s nice to the him I just want to protect him"

Savannah swiveled on the bar stool Lulu’s cheeks were stained a dark pink

Maybe she’d been wrong Lulu wasn’t in love with Cole It wasn’t jealousy she saw on Lulu’s face; it was soer? Frustration? SoShe really was trying to be protective

"I don’t think he needs protecting He’s a big boy and capable ofhis own decisions"

"You don’t understand He tries to please everyone He doesn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings"

That wasn’t what the media reports said The file she had indicated Cole was all about pleasing himself And yet he seemed to have a lot of friends Not all of them omen, either After the dance he extricated hi the way to jaith a few men who had tables near the dance floor He stopped, sat, and the waitress brought hihed with theain

So not only did wo out with hi for him He was open and approachable and didn’t walk into a club like this acting like a celebrity, even though they treated hi

And yet he had this terrible ihts broke out and he was typically painted as the instigator He had a rep for having a bad attitude, for acting like a jerk

Where was that guy? Because so far tonight she hadn’t seen hiirls pulled hiive enough attention to both women to keep them happy

"Shit" Lulu scanned a couple ?" Savannah asked

"Trouble" Lulu brushed past her and headed toward Cole, insinuated herself into the middle of the dance party to whisper in his ear He looked where Lulu irls, who nodded and walked away

Then he ca?"

"Yeah The media showed up"

She turned around and scanned the club "Really? I don’t see anyone"

"That’s the idea They don’t want you to notice them But Lulu can spot the equiph She knows all their faces"

He took her hand and led her toward the back of the club, down a narrow hallway toward the restrooer’s office

"We’ll head out the back door through the alley," Cole said

"Why not just go out the front door?"

He stopped, turned to her "You want your picture spread across the sports blogs and in the tabloids next week as ood for her business

"Then let ed on his hand "Wait Won’t they just follow us?"

He grinned "Peaches, I’ve been at this awhile Iser’s door opened and one of the front door bouncers walked in Siht to Cole, with the same dark hair, he nodded "You ready?"

"Yeah Thanks, Dave"

"No proble your car around I’ll meet you at IHOP in thirty" Dave handed a set of keys to Cole, who gave his to Dave

"Try not to break any speed liuarantees" He opened the door and dashed out Savannah caught a gliht at the door Dave dove in and took off in a hurry

Savannah followed Dave’s exit "The paparazzi will follow Dave, thinking that’s you in the car"

"Yup"

She turned to face hi it aould be rude "So nohat?"