Like A Boss by Logan Chance Read Free Book Online

work.”
    “Sure thing, boss.” She saluted me.
    A fucking salute. My frustration with her grew as she smiled sweetly which was in complete contrast to her sour attitude.
    “Today you’ll be showing me exactly what it is you do here.”
    My plan was to watch her closely and find a reason to get rid of her.
    After an hour of her showing me all the liquors and how to pour a beer from the tap, I realized there was more to bartending than I previously believed.
    A group of women entered the bar and seated themselves right before me. Confidence coursed through my veins. I felt more in my element. Maybe I didn’t know how to pour a drink, but I sure knew how to take care of the ladies. I made my way over to the group of twenty-something year olds dressed in their beach wear and leaned an arm against the bar.
    “Can I help you ladies?” I gave them a lazy grin and they giggled. There were five women in all, and each one ordered a Cosmopolitan.
    “Penny, five Cosmos,” I called over my shoulder.
    A moment later, Penny slammed a shaker, a bottle of vodka, triple sec, and some cranberry juice in front of me. “Here you go. Have fun.” She gave me a slight smile, which didn’t reach her eyes, and stalked off to the opposite end of the bar
    Fuck. I can fake this shit.
    I scooped some ice into the stainless steel shaker and poured the vodka in first. I poured for a while then, added the triple sec and cranberry juice. Easy. I topped the shaker and shook like I’d seen in the movies.
    Grabbing a few martini glasses, the ones I always saw women in the clubs drink their cosmos from, I lined them on the bar and poured away. Two drinks down. I repeated the process until all five glasses were filled.
    Owned that shit.
    The ladies laughed as I slid over their drinks, winking to each one.
    The brunette took a sip and turned her nose up as she tried to swallow it down.
    “Is this a Cosmo?” she asked as she set the drink along the bar.
    The other girls all took a sip with the same reaction as I tugged at the back of my neck with my hand. “What’s wrong, ladies?”
    “Sorry, it doesn’t taste right.”
    I examined the drinks and they were fucking pink. What did I do wrong? “Penny,” I said over my shoulder. “Can you come make the Cosmos for these lovely women?”
    I emptied the five drinks into the sink as Penny stomped over.
    “Fine, Boss ,” she said through clamped teeth and a fake smile. She made the drinks like a pro, all while trying to show me the process.
    When the new drinks were finished, I slid them over to the group of chicks.
    “Thank you. What’s your name? Are you new here?” one of the girls asked.
    “Yep, and you can come back to see me anytime.” I glanced at Penny as I said the next line. “Because I’m not going anywhere.”
    After telling them all my name, I joked and laughed with them, trying my best to keep them entertained while I left Penny to handle the rest of the bar.
    For a Tuesday afternoon we weren’t slammed, but Penny appeared busy as she shot me her evil glare every so often. I laughed to myself—yeah suck it up.
     

SIX
     
    PENNY
     
    I was livid. Lord of The Assholes is what he was.
     
    Here I thought maybe Theo took this whole learning the ropes thing seriously, but no, he wanted an excuse to flirt with the locals.
    The ladies at the bar who hung on his every word were annoying me to no end. I couldn’t even glance in his direction.
    Calm down. Why are you so mad?
    I ran my hand across the bar and thought about Dex. It’d been another day of radio silence and worry about his whereabouts started to creep in. Why didn’t he call?
    Everyone and everything annoyed me today. Rage lurked below the surface of my smile, threatening to surge out, but I knew I should keep it together through this shift.
    Once I got home, I would blow Dex’s phone up until he answered. Or maybe I’d take a nap and forget about them both: Dex and Theo.
    A Jason Mraz song played in the bar as