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Lauren squirmed She’d known Callie would speak the truth “Then you think I should say no”
Callie nodded “At least for now Maybe keep things the way they are with him and see what happens What’s the rush?” Callie stopped then opened her ain
“What? Tell me?”
“You’re not going to like it” She sounded resigned to the fact
“Out with it, chickie”
“I think you should give Nate another chance I kno much it hurt when he left, but you’re both different people now He wouldn’t be trying if he didn’t still love you”
Tears tickled her eyes, and she forced the happy ie of her niece and nephew the previous Christhts Thesadness she’d felther eyes out “Do you reo through that again”
Callie put a hand on her ar it won’t work before you even try,” she said in her oes the way you alanted?” She leaned closer “Do you want to risk that for a business arrangeet a second chance like this, Lauren”
You’d be crazy to let it pass Callie didn’t say the words, yet Lauren read between the lines
“I just don’t know” The war between her head and heart continued to rage despite her heart-to-heart with Callie
“How about you forget about it for a little while? Stay here tonight and relax Sleep on it Nothing will change between now and to”
A few years earlier Lauren would have said yes without any hesitation “You have company” Callie’s family never treated her like an outsider, but she still occasionally felt like one
Callie rolled her eyes “Please, it’s just family You’re practically my sister, too”
Stay there surrounded by friends or return ho to do but dwell on her relationship problems? It wasn’t even a fair contest “Okay, you twisted ht, girlfriend”
“I say, let the guys stay here and we go out,” Sara said “Maybe dinner and a movie”
Everyone was gathered in the entertain each other’s coarossed in the game amused Lauren to no end Thanks to the media and the way it portrayed the two men, feould ever believe that international playboy Jake Sherbrooke and billionaire genius Christopher Hall spent their tiht have surprised others, it didn’t shock her Despite their social status, both men were down-to-earth and enjoyed the sae Lauren knew firsthand that even grown ames, at least both her brother and brother-in-law did
Most likely Nate still does, too She’d locked all thoughts of Nate away for the night, or she had tried to Even with her best efforts, the ia as she could rea his allowance just so he could buy the newest releases when they hit the shelves And she had to ad as well Not the type that Jake and Christopher were playing now, but rather car racing ones As teenagers, she and Nate would soames like that for hours
What about Kevin? She didn’t see hiame controller in his hand She pictured hi wrong with that She played chess, although not well She’d never had the patience necessary to learn all the strategies involved But Kevin was probably fantastic at the game
“I’hts
“Me, too,” Lauren added, locking her thoughts of Nate and Kevin away