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She couldn’t hold on to her irritation any people When a man your size whistles, he’s just chopped up half the cast of a horror fil the the to Halloween

"Oh, real cute" She whipped off her sandals so she could walk barefoot and felt a surge of satisfaction when his whistling stuttered Huh Brent was a footto accomplish back there, but it didn’t work"

"Did it piss you off?"

"Oh, yes"

"Well, then Mission accoed "After all, that’s what eneht? Piss each other off? And I’d say dinner just won old medal at the piss-your-enemy-off-Olympics"

Hayden halted abruptly and Brent followed suit "Do you honestly think I don’t see what you’re doing? You’re ridiculously transparent" She poked hioad ed h, Brent shoved his hands into his pockets "Had you considered that?"

That brought her up short No, she hadn’t considered that possibility Perhaps she’d finally succeeded this afternoon in pushing hiht? Except the thought of hiht Wanting to hide the e off her face, Hayden ducked her head and kept walking She heard him curse and follow quickly behind her

"Hayden, wait--"

They both fell silent when they noticed the scene playing out before them Just ahead, silhouetted by the pink-streaked sunset, their best friend was down on one knee proposing to the other Only, it wasn’t Daniel as they’d expected Story smiled up at a dumbfounded Daniel fro box

Hayden couldn’t stop the bubble of laughter that rose from her throat She should have suspected her friend would take convention and knock it on its square ass At that moment, she couldn’t have been more proud of her friend Over the last two months, she’d transformed into someone who didn’t take no for an answer A woman who ht A little blond force to be reckoned with

It occurred to Hayden then that she herself had turned into quite the opposite So orders, didn’t ood soldier and married Stuart, she’d never experience the kind of ro from Daniel and Story She’d never be loved Would never love anyone back