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Opening the back door, she frowned "Haven’tin the trunk alongside his own "Haven’t checked in I’d only arrived about fifteen minutes before your rescue call went out"

She smoothed invisible wrinkles fro"

Chase arched abrow "That’s not how it looks to me"

"Just because I blew--"

"Say that again"

Maddie lifted her gaze to his again, and he felt their soulful depths in his gut She could always take his breath aith a single look "Say what?"

"Blew"

She rolled her eyes "That’s real mature"

"Anyway, you blew a tire and I had to co you?"

Huffing, she spun around and returned to her car With her purse in hand, she stalked over to the passenger side of his Porsche

He grinned "You should always have--"

"I know A spare," she said, cutting hi under his breath, he cli out the tinted ; her hand clutching her cell phone like a lifeline He casually adjusted hiot hiain

The first fivemarried were quiet, not terse, but definitely not the nore it "Why are you pouting?"

"I’" She cut him a dark look

"Could’ve fooledaround in her bag and pulled out a pair of sunglasses She slid them on and then turned to him Cute "I hate it when you call

He sighed and ith a safe topic "Your brother is really happy"

Beside him, Maddie relaxed a fraction "I know I’ht? He’s so nice that any other girl would take advantage of that"

"He does" Chase’s gaze flickered off the road She was staring at hilasses blocked her eyes He had no idea what the little terror was thinking behind those dark shades "Lissa’s a good girl She’ll do right by Mitch"

Maddie sucked her lower lip in and then said, "Mitch will do right by her"

A s? Never thought I’d see the day when he settled down"

"I really don’t want to hear about his escapades" She ran a hand over her hair, snon "I haven’t eaten yet"

"Would a full stomach be better?"

She snorted

"Ree?"

Her eyes ide, and his grin spread "Oh, God--the one who actually started na "What was her name?"

"Linda Bullock"

"Yes!" She popped up in her seat "She had Mitch scared to death, calling hiot so mad when you told me about her"

"She camped outside our dorirl, butup on the vineyards quickly Before he knew it, Maddie would be surrounded by those who loved and cared for her, and he’d be back with his brothers, watching theuest list for the ladies

As if she were reading his thoughts, she glanced at him "I bet you and your brothers couldn’t be happier"

"Why is that?"

Her lips fors"

"Are you saying I need easy pickings?"

"Maybe"

He chuckled and said, "I think you know better than that"

A red blush stained her cheeks under the sunglasses Seeing her face fla there with her, rehashing memories that needed to stay memories

"Okay," she said "You don’t need easy pickings I’, Maddie?"

Frustration rolled off her as she ran her hand across the buttery leather of the car seats in long, languid strokes that made his dick twitch "Lissa has a lot of pretty friends Not the Banks twins, but still"

Chase nodded and then reached up for the sun visor, pulling out his own sunglasses "She does"