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She raised one eyebrohich probably meant that if I wanted our friends to understand the situation co so secretive However, I wasn’t ready to put ic history out there It had been four days since Michael had appeared and the toas abuzz with his arrival I hadn’t seen him since the day in my workshop, but I could not escape his name anywhere I went
Instead, I shrugged at Jess “Look, let’s just say there is a lot of bad blood and painful history between Michael and me I left Boston under the assuo”
Eht “But you don’t really want that”
“Yes, I do” Her perceptive comment disturbed me
“No, you don’t” Her setic “Every tiet this look in your eyes, like how Bailey looks at Vaughn and Jess at Cooper”
I realized in all her quiet shyness, Emery had become a proficient observer
Bailey’s s smile said, “I told you so”
“You don’t have to tell us the details,” Jess said, reaching for a cookie “You know that But you can be honest with us about how you feel Michael gave up everything to pursue a relationship with you How does that make you feel?”
“You sound like a therapist,” I teased
She was about to take a bite of her cookie but paused “Do you see a therapist?”
“I used to Anyway, that’s not the point The point is that this is crazy No one gives up their entire career as a detective in Boston to move to nowhere Hartwell for a woht hours with in the last nine years”
“Stop si it” Bailey rolled her eyes “You’re absolutely si it If you don’t want to talk about it, then don’t I love you, you know it But I won’t participate in you lying to yourself It’s not healthy”
Irritation niggled irls fell into aard silence as Bailey and I launched into a staring contest Part of me was annoyed by her curtness, and the other part kneas born fro
“I’m in a panic, okay?” I threwMichael and I are a good idea Leaving his I’ve ever had to do However, I was trying to ive a relationship a real shot Now he’s back And I can’t deny that I want him I want to climb him every time I see him Extreme physical attraction versus what I know is best forwith here So, yeah, I’m in a panic because I don’t trustto pursue me”
Bailey looked satisfied “Was that so hard to admit?”