AVERY My eyes scanned the crowd. Again. I couldn’t count the number of times I had stretched, looking through the crowd, hoping that I would see the handsome stranger. He was nowhere to be found. To say I felt disappointed would be putting me mildly. I had even gone an extra mile and worn a short fitted leather skirt that accented my wide ass and hips, paired with a long sleeved t-shirt. I had left the first two top buttons undone to give a peek, not that I had that much on show, anyway. A guy came up to the bar, his tongue damn near falling out of his mouth. I could almost see saliva trickling out. He reminded me of an excited dog. One who had seen a new toy and was excited to start playing with it. His eyes were fixed on the space between the two buttons I had popped—my