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She dashed off and disappeared into the bedrooh his hair in frustration

There wereout with Close relatives, of course His buddies’ wives, no duh That Black Widow broad who’d axe- that one Last but not least, Claire McKinley Yup, his brother’s ex-fiancée-as-of-this- lips with

Disgusted and annoyed at his lack of willpower, he ordered his erection to retreat, then stalked back to the living roo with the person he wanted to beout with

Chapter Five

"Show of hands--who thinks Dylan’s brother is a grade-A douchebag?" Seth Masterson promptly raised his own hand, and was joined by Cash McCoy, Jackson Ramsey and Ryan Evans, who all wore identical looks of conde a deep drag of his cigarette

No sooner did he exhale a cloud of s air than a pretty blonde burst onto the café’s patio like a tornado

"Uh-uh, no way," Shelby Garrett said in a stern voice "No sray eyes flashed with indignation Their resident badass had been warned several ti up in Shelby’s place of business or else, and the woht out of Seth’s fingers and proceeded to drop it directly into his coffee ru to drink?"

"Oh, is there so with your coffee?" she asked sweetly "Go ahead and drink it right along with that nasty butt, seeing as you were determined to put those toxins in your body anyway"

As the other hed and applauded, Shelby settled in the chair next to Ryan’s and glanced at Dylan "Okay, finish your story I just had to show my new part-timer how to take down a cake order"

For the tenth ti, Dylan had to wonder what Shelby was even doing here Not that he was co The wife of a foreous, but so easy to talk to, and she was a California girl to the core Theinto their Sunday workout, she’d invited herself along and had been joining the to be done today, though The water had been too calht, so eventually Shelby went for a hile the men finished their workout, and then the six of them had headed over to the Coronado bakery/café Shelby owned

Dylan had been in the process of telling everyone about yesterday’s wedding fiasco before Shelby had hurried inside to assist her e, of course, the unexpected kiss Claire had planted on hi