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"What about dates?" Jane asked "Do the three of you go out?"

She nodded "Yeah, but we don’t go overboard on the PDA or anything Usually just hand-holding"

Annabelle giggled "Does everyone’s jaw just drop when they see the three of you holding hands?"

"Soet a lot of envious looks fro widely "You’re walking around with two of the sexiest men on the planet Chicks are probably jealous as hell when they see you" The grin dissolved into a guilty look "I was jealous too, if I’ honest"

"Ooooh," Jane teased "Look at that, Claire, you brought out Savannah’s green-eyedAidan away from her"

Discomfort rose up her spine, but it faded when she saw the sincerity shining in Savannah’s gray eyes "I’m not jealous anyht ht Matt and I have always thought of Aidan as ours, knohat I et that," Claire said quietly "He’s pretty da possessive over hi so happy," Savannah admitted "He’s not the kind of man ears his ehing, and it’s all because of you"

Claire was genuinely touched And she knew exactly what Savannahup ht, he’d even told the with the knowledge that she’d died to save him had eaten him up inside Afterwards, Dylan had pulled her aside and thanked her for being there He claiood for Aidan, and now Savannah was saying the sa, which only cemented Claire’s decision to stay

Her parents were still avoiding her calls, and she was still unemployed, but when it came to her love life, she’d never been happier And she was holding on to the hope that all the other parts of her life would fall in line too Preferably sooner rather than later

The conversation was interrupted by Savannah’s cell phone, which vibrated with an incohed "Matt is requesting we all put our clothes on because he’s on his way up He doesn’t want his buddies beating hi their women naked"

Annabelle looked ht?"

"According to his fantasies, we all get naked and have a pillow fight"

Everyone laughed

"We should do that one tiested

A fewopen and Matt strode in

Sporting a very swollen, very black eye

His fiancée immediately bolted to her feet "What the hell, baby? What happened?"