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"You think your brother was right to end it, huh?" she said slowly "You don’t think it would have worked out between us"

Dylan went quiet for a moment "Yes," he finally replied "I don’t think it would’ve worked"

"You ht about that" Claire paused, reluctant, then went on "My friend Natasha said the sa She thinks that deep down, I knew it too"

"Did you?" Dylan asked roughly

She hesitated again "Maybe I don’t know I ht I’d be"

Before he could question the response, she staggered to her feet and turned to Aidan "I think I want that sandwich now Do you irl," Aidan murmured as the two erator door "I still can’t believe Chris recruited you to cancel his wedding"

Dylan frowned "It definitely wasn’t his finest moment"

"It was a dick move"

There was no arguing that Hell, even Dylan’stoday When Dylan had called her earlier to apologize, Shanna had still been horrified by her eldest son’s behavior, but fortunately, she hadn’t been angry at her youngest for taking off too She insisted Dylan had done the right thing by getting Claire out of town--apparently everyone they knehispering about the wedding and stirring up a gossip storm of massive proportions

A loud thump sounded from the kitchen, followed by a cheerful yell from Claire "No worries! Just dropped the luht in her voice unrin He had to admit, drunk Claire was a lot more fun than sober Claire

Next to hinited the cycle of irritation all over again

Aidan was attracted to Claire

Dylan could see it plain as day, and he didn’t like it one da to do with jealousy, either He and Aidan brought wo his roo new or scandalous

No, it was Aidan’s attraction to this wo Aidan the way she’d fooled Chris,him believe she was someone special, someone sweet and wonderful, when in reality she was a materialistic snob who liked to belittle women eren’t as career-oriented as she was

Chillax, buddy