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Josh stiffened a little, and Heather gave Brooke an eyes-wide seriously?! look, which Brooke eitherher ar her away

“Josh, youfrom California, and I want to introduce her to this one Seth is hiding out in the kitchen, if you’re interested in a bro her back to , as it usually was, but Heather felt a distinct little thrill at the slight possessiveness in his voice Maybe she’d iested he was taken

“Do I even need to tell you how right you guys look together?” Brooke said loudly into Heather’s ear, raising her voice to be heard over the music

Heather shook her head and sipped her wine “I can’t even deal with that right now Neither can he That’s next year’s proble her hand “Toht you celebrate the fact that you’re gorgeous and here with a delicious eous, can we please talk about this dress,” Heather said, stepping back and giving her friend a once-over

“What, this old thing?” Brooke said on a laugh, running a hand over the short, shimmery silver dress “Is it too slutty?”

“It’s fabulous Where the heck have you been hiding those legs?”

“Under three layers of leggings and pants, trying to survive this uys call winter Oh look, Alexis is here With Logan,” she added in a sing-song voice

Sure enough, their boss and Logan had arrived at the sah Heather wasn’t entirely sure that Alexis was even aware of it Alexis was dressed to kill in a short white dress, her dark hair down around her shoulders instead of wrapped up in its usual chignon

No doubt about it Her boss looked hot

As did Logan No sign of tweed or elbow patches tonight, just a light gray suit and a skinny black tie He’d opted for contacts, apparently, whichthan when they were hidden behind his glasses

Yuan was nearby, much less that he looked like an even sexier version of Jaht, as a striking black-haired woan’s neck and pulled his head down for a kiss that lasted just a bit longer than the standard greeting saze flicked back to Alexis, and her boss didn’t look quite so oblivious now Nor did she look happy as the curvy dark-haired wo of New Year’s resolutions, you think those till get their act together?” Brooke said

“Beats ure out rinned “Aha, so you do admit you have a love life”

“Sex life,” Heather quickly a one perfectly arched eyebrow

Luckily, Heather didn’t have time to dwell on her accidental use of the L word Soon she ept up in introductions with Brooke’s California friend, then a couple of people frohted to run into Maya Tyler, Seth’s younger sister, the one who’d actually been a client of the Belles last year, up until she’d learned her fiancé was planning to use her inheritance to settle a ga debt It was hard to feel too bad for the pretty blonde though, given the fact that she’d found what seetime family friend

Heather lost count of how much tine Instead she let herself have fun, catching up with friends she hadn’twith a handful of old clients who had beco quite like seeing the bride and groo you’d killed yourself over as a happy, content husband and wife