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“I’m pretty sure I don’t want to hear the rest of that sentence” A rich male voice filled the room and Grace’s foul ?” Her neighbor and friend Patrick Mathews stepped into the office, ood six feet with a body as solid at the doors he sometimes had to break down Exactly the physique one would expect from a bonafide police hero He was decked out in his all-black SWAT gear, and she shook off the tingles thatmellowed
Why was it that the only guy who sent her sooper-sekrit sixth senses twitching happened to be totally wrong for her? If she hadn’t made one hundred and twelve new ly feelings, she would’ve started wondering if her tingler was on the fritz It had taken a while, but she’d finally figured out that it wasn’t broken It just only worked for other people Hoas that for a kick in the ass? A matchmaker who could find true love for everyone but herself Fabulous
“Hey, Trick”
Serena didn’t bother to s her sigh, adding a long, low purr for good ear, all ready to co baton and take care of business” She ran a hand through her platinuood side,” which basically consisted of her wriggling until her skirt rode up to display the vast hs
Trick took it in stride as usual, a wide grin splitting his handsos?”
“Things are okay Well, they were until Seth broke up with Grace, and now she doesn’t have a date for the party tomorrow” Serena inched her chair around to face hi toht? Maybe you can come lend some moral support and be Grace’s date”
While Serena flirted shamelessly with Trick out of sheer habit, Grace knew that her friend’s ultioal was to fix the two of them up As if He was one of the two people she could trust in the world and that was precisely because they weren’t a couple He was a fantastic friend, but as a boyfriend? He was exactly the type of heartbreaker she needed to keep her distance from She’d had more than her fair share of bad relationships, and her ex-fiancé hadn’t broken her heart He’d obliterated it Wrecked it Put it through a wood-chipper and set what came out the other side on fire
She had been so blind to his ways Criticizing her in the bedroo her for her sexual curiosity in the next, when all the while he was cheating on her with a stripper And not the kind orking to put herself throughhalf her money up front and the other half in the back Literally How“too sexual” because of his snide reust and reminded herself that at least they’d used protection on the rare occasions they’d slept together If not, she’d have seriously considered dousing herself in rubbing alcohol
Grace’s cheeks burned at the her as she felt Trick’s syaze on her face
“He doesn’t want to come, Serena He already told you that a dozen times Don’t make hi with Seth ‘dumped’ We weren’t even official And you,” Grace stood and tipped her head to the to-go cartons in Trick’s hands “The fact that you brought uilt you I totally get why you don’t want to come”
And boy, did she Trick looked like a third, sexier Hemsworth brother With a leanly muscled body like Liam, and the more masculine facial features of Chris, he seemed out of place in modern-day Massachusetts Like he’d been transported froular jaas perpetually peppered with tawny stubble His eyes were the truest of blues—like a frigging Crayola crayon si a little…naughty Although Chaz had invited hily, and only because Trick had been standing there when Chaz had cornered her and Serena toChaz liked the party life and tended to travel with an entourage of winguy in the rooot wind of Trick at this shindig, Chaz would end up eating his dust
She’d heard the ter them off” before, but she’d never seen it in action until she, Serena, and Trick had gone out to happy hour for the first tiroup of thirty-sorilled about her relationship with hi him like he was the last rib at the barbecue Once she’d explained that they were only friends and that Trick was, indeed, single? It was pandees fake ID to fifty, had let him know in no uncertain terht
He took it all in stride, and while soed to char out of his “no, thank you” But considering she and Serena had encouraged theclients to attend the Halloween party in hopes of ue A bar was one thing A party stacked with desperately seeking singles was another thing altogether
Trick stepped closer to set the cartons onto her desk, and the spicy scent of Kung Pao tickled her nose “Yes,” she hissed, her sto as if on cue Maybe soive her some perspective
Serena wrinkled her nose and stood “You two have fun with that garbage I think I gained a pound just s it”
Her friend’s ed to loosen her up a little over the past year or so when it came to food, Chinese was so not on the menu
“I’ent to see the office on West Gate Street I’ll be back in an hour or so”
They’d been scoping out so business, and Serena had taken point so far, identifying and checking out all the available properties in the area Still, she’d gone to the last three appointuilty She tore her gaze froretfully “Do you want me to come with you?” She could eat her trail mix on the road It would be fine
Serena’s shook her head vehe ant to consider”
Grace gave her the side eye “Boy, you sure answered fast”