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She blinked in surprise "You cook?"

Annoyance flickered in his green eyes "Yes, I cook"

"Oh I didn’t know that"

"There’s a lot you don’t know abouta jab in there soht and his expression veiled, so she decided not to push it "Anyway, I’ry My appetite left me around the same time Chris did"

Dylan let out a breath "I’m sorry you’ve had such a shitty day, Claire"

"Yeah, me too"

They both went quiet for a moment, and then he cleared his throat "Okay, well, let onna fill Aidan in on what happened and then deal withyou did today," she said, shifting uneasily

"No prob," he said before sliding out the door

Once she was alone, Claire sat on the edge of the ers over the soft, navy-blue co here, in Dylan’s space, in Dylan’s home, yet somehow it felt oddly appropriate This entire day had been a nightmare, so why not finish it out in the company of a ht be too strong a word, Claire had to concede She still didn’t approve of his behavior or the way he’d abandoned his fahing, she reached into her purse and found her phone A awk--forty-two text es, twenty-four missed calls Didn’t bode well for her email, which was her preferredto thethe for the latter for the reassurance that Claire still had the next three weeks off, honeymoon or no honeymoon

After she pressed send, she checked the world clock app on her phone and nearly ith joy when she realized she could now call Natasha and actually receive an answer Long-distance charges be damned, she dialed Nat’s number and prayed her friend was still awake

When Natasha’s voice blared over the line, the tears Claire had been holding back all day erupted like a volcanic explosion

"Oh et cold feet!" her best friend exclaimed before Claire even had a chance to say hello "Don’t worry, I wrote up a little speech just in case Hold on, hon, let h her tears "Don’t bother It’s already done"

"What’s already done? The ceremony?"

"The relationship"

"Wait What?"