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But he had enjoyed the sparring that had come with it Hell, for all he kneithout his loud ed pleasantries at the

Not neighbors who kissed every bit as well as they fought

His gaze flicked over to where Heather was refilling everyone’s glasses, laughing as the blond wedding planner—Brooke—told some story about her latest client as insistent on bacon cake

No, he definitely didn’t want to be strangers with her He never felt quite so alive as when he was bickering with her, and these days, being alive was everything Which was probably why he’d offered to help her with brunch thisthe instant he saw her flustered and overwhelht ironically

“You like her,” Alexis said with the slightest ss he’d whisked earlier She was a straight shooter He liked that

But he could be a straight shooter, too

“I do like Heather And you like your accountant Logan, is it?”

Alexis’s eyes narrowed “Of course I like him We’re friends”

“Sure,” Josh said with an easy smile “That’s what I meant”

It’s actually not at all what he’d meant, and from the way her eyes stayed narrowed on hiht think she and her accountant were just friends, but the otherJosh knew a ry when it ca to respond to that by Logan as into the skillet and dug around in Heather’s drawer for a spatula

“You cook?” Logan said to Josh, his British accent doing nothing to hide his surprise