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“Seeh?”

I shrugged “You get to live with the knowledge you were right, and you never have to speak to ain”

Holley stared atwith every movement “What?”

“I’ll tell you what really happened at proaze “And if you haven’t laughed by then, I’ll leave you to it”

Soht”

I held my hand out for her to shake Unless I was completely deluded, I could swear that she hesitated before she put her hand in mine

Her soft hand

I gripped her a little tighter than necessary and leaned closer to her, keeping h by lunchtime, you owe me dinner”

Her jaw dropped as I released her and walked up the counter Johanna hadn’t served up ood with the coffee and the bear claw if it was ready

She handed them over with an observant eye that flicked between me and Holley

“Here” I handed her enough money to cover both er to my lips “Don’t tell her”

“I’ me my freshly baked bread

I’d forgotten about that

With a grin, I took the bag she’d put that andto look at Holley for a second

But I sure as fuck felt her watching me

This was going to be a long weekendCHAPTER EIGHT – HOLLEYrule eight: never leave a ot to be kidding me!” I stared at the flat tire on , was it? I was halfway up a damn mountain on a Friday afternoon, and my tire was flatter than a pancake

Did I have a spare? No

Could I change it even if I had a spare? Also no

What? I didn’t have a jack

It was absolutely freezing up here, and race was that it wasn’t dark yet I was also closer to the resort than I was White Peak, so I only had one option

I was going to have to call Sebastian

Ugh

He was going to barrel on down here like a knight in shining armor, wasn’t he?

This was going to be hard to stomach