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"It’s hard for uys have shared all you have over the past week and he never mentioned her You’ve been at his apartment, Jules"

"I know, it doesn’t make sense Trust me, no woman lives there It’s a total ain and shake et it

"Maybe they’re separated?" Nat frowns and rubs her belly again

"As long as there is no "ex" before "wife", I don’t give a shit where she lives," I mutter "Besides, even if there were an "ex", he should have told s and we all look at each other, our eyes wide

"How do I knoho that is?" I ask

Luke clears his throat "Uht before I caht I’d heard your voice, so I said yes, but I didn’t knoas going on, Jules"

I glare at hio away"

"No, don’t" Natalie walks to me and takes my hand in hers "Just hear him out, then if you don’t like what he says, let Luke kick his ass"

The doorbell rings again, twice this time Luke stalks to the door and opens it He After about thirty seconds, Luke steps away from the door and allows Nate to enter His eyes search the rooh the rooht in front of ainst the breakfast bar, but he’s not touchinghis steel-gray eyes He’s winded and he just looks… pissed

"Well, let’s see" I lean back against the counter and go for sarcasm "I’d just been introduced toher with her hands on hi the ter pisses me off"

"She’s my ex-wife, Julianne"

Oh

"Do you really think I’d pursue a relationship with you if I was married to another woman? Do you really think so little of me? Jesus, you know me better than that"

I look frantically around the room, but Luke and Natalie have disappeared Great

"Apparently I don’t know much," I snap back at him "You’ve never told me you werewife, Nate"

"What could I do? Jenny was right there If I tried to explain it would give away our intimate relationship"

"You didn’t correct her"

"You didn’t give rily away fro his forehead He takes his suit jacket off and throws it on the coach and continues to pace

"We’ve been divorced for seven years We were only married for two" He shoves his hands in his pockets and scowls at me

"Do you have kids with her?" I whisper

"Hell, no!" He shakes his head and looks down, then back up atback then, and she e call a ring bunny"

Bile rises inbunny is"

"Yeah, well, I enty, and stupid and she wanted a fighter on her ars "I rarely speak to her"