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“Thing is”—Dery in his hazel eyes—“I didn’t exactly tell him you’d be here”

“But one would assume he’d know that you’re here,” Bailey interjected She ive you a heads-up”

I glared atand rolling in ht I should feel ambushed?”

“No, I was just worried you’d leave”

I wasn’t going to lie—the instinct to leave was there

However, I wasn’t running anymore

I looked over at the table where Dad, Astrid, and Darragh were laughing together “I’ here, then he can leave”

Then, right on cue, as if we really were nets drawn to each other, I felt it when he stepped inside the bar My eyes moved past Dermot toward the door

There he was

Michael wore the same leather jacket I’d seen him in at my dad’s house, with dark jeans, a dark shirt, and black boots The only thing different was that he’d shaved

Either way, he was so goddamn handsome, it killed me

Being at the station with hine, it had been the worst kind of torture Until, of course, he’d opened his utted me

Realizing he wasn’t walking into the bar alone, ht it ht knock itself out of my chest

He’d brought a date

She walked confidently at his side A young, edgy blond with pixie-short hair