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“There’s a childish part of me that wants to flaunt our relationship all over town,” I admitted

She laughed and threw her arm around my shoulders “Oh, my God, we are so soul sisters”

Cooper

Laughter drifted over from the crowd of wonore it

He wouldn’t give her what she wanted

She wanted his attention

When Dana had walked into the pub earlier that night overdressed in a short black dress, along with a bunch of her girlfriends, all overdressed, too, he knew he couldn’t make a scene If heshe bothered him

As it was, all his regulars kept glaring over at her, struck by disbelief that she had the audacity to turn up there

Cooper had spent the previous night in bed with Jessica, wiping away the annoyance of Dana showing up

Now she was back to fuck with him and he wasn’t quite sure as the best way to handle it

“This is unbelievable,” Ollie said as he pulled a draft for a custohts with him for a while, and like anyone who lived in Hartwell he knew the full story about Dana

“Just ignore her,” Cooper said

“You should throw her out”

“I’ her the satisfaction”

“You got hed

Cooper grunted, finishedthe cocktails for Dana and her crew, and passed them to Lily

She was not happy “Do I really have to serve her?”

“Yes But you don’t have to do it with a smile”

Mischief glinted in her eyes “Sure thing, boss”

He shook his head in aht by the bar door as it opened

Anticipation lifted his mood as Jessica walked in with Bailey at her side Jess wore jeans that were s and a black sleeveless shirt that showed off a generous ae It also wrapped over and tied at the side in a big bow—practically an extended invitation for hi open

He’d definitely be doing that later

She walked straight to hie smile on his face in return

“Hey,” she said, slipping onto the stool in front of him

“Hey back” His eyes dipped to her ?”

“Hood today?”

That ache he felt for her got bigger “Not really, Doc,” heover the bar so only she could hear “See, I’ve been having all sorts of dirty thoughts today”

Jessica bit her lip to try to stem an excited smile “About me, I hope”

“Every Fucking One”

“Dirty is good,” she murmured back and leaned in to meet him

Her kiss was soft, sweet, just the tip of her tongue touching his before she pulled back

“Tease,” he

He heard a throat being cleared Loudly And that hen Cooper remembered where the hell they were

Shit The doc had a way ofin the world disappear but her

Bailey was the throat clearer “Just thought I’d reirlish finger wave

“Bailey,” he said in acknowledgment

She grinned at hi?”

“It’s been better,” Ollie said, sidling up to them from the other end of the bar “We have company” His eyes flicked to the pool area

Cooper sighed, bracing himself for Bailey’s reaction As soon as she saw Dana, she’d explain to Jess who she was And Cooper wasn’t looking forward to that

To his surprise both Bailey and Jessica looked shocked when they turned to view the pool area

What the hell

“Dana?” Bailey whipped her head around to glare at hi Jessica, who had paled

“Doc?” he said, an ugly suspicion creeping into his mind “Please tell me you haven’t met Dana before”

Bailey frowned “Of course she has Yesterday When the bit—”

“Bailey” Jessica hushed her

Instead of hushing, Bailey glowered at her “You didn’t tell him?”

“Tell me what?” he snapped

“I didn’t want to stress him out,” Jessica hissed

“Stress hiht to know she threatened you”

“What?” His voice was louder this tiive a fuck His blood was quickly turning hotter than sense could handle

Jessica looked at hieous eyes “She came to the inn yesterday to warnto do whatever it takes to get you back and that I was only going to get my heart broken in the end when she won”

“Oh, and she also referred to herself as your wife,” Bailey huffed “Present tense”

What the fucking fuck!

The idea that Dana would try to take Jessica froh him

There was no way he was going to sit back and let her get aith that shit

“Hey, guys” Dahlia suddenly appeared beside Bailey, s broadly at them all

Cooper barely even registered her He couldn’t see anything past his anger o;There’s a childish part of me that wants to flaunt our relationship all over town,” I admitted