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Alex walked up to the podium God, he was tall Six four He looked so sexy in the suit with a tie thatto the ground breaking of phase one of Wilde Regional Hospital,” he said in his familiar deep, sexy tone

Instantly, her heart began pounding hard in her chest and her skin began to warood

“We have a lot of people to thank and we’ll be starting shortly” Pulling the s settling thee

Some Shelby knew, the out-of-towners she didn’t They were likely part of the state and national representatives hoping to get publicity fro the project since its inception and she’d been drawn to him like a moth to a flame the moment he’d hit town

Being Austin’s personal assistant for the past three years, she’d grown accustos that had included Alex of late had unsettled her more than she cared to ad attorney for the new hospital, had come to the Wilde Silver Mine offices to meet with Austin a few tiht on by Alex—which didn’t subside for hours after he and Jackson left

“…and last but not least, I want to thank Charly Wynn She e to her ears, so freaking te

The crowd applauded

Standing next to her, Jessie Wilde, Austin’s wife, asked, “You okay, Shelby?”

“Fine Just fine,” she lied, turning toward the woh nancy as beautiful, Shelby never had Cute was the best she would ever grade mothers-to-be, but Jessie was“Six days left How do you feel?” Shelby asked her friend “I bet your five husbands are driving you crazy”

Jessie was married not just to Austin but also to his four brothers, too The five Wilde brothers were descendants of the founders of the town

“Changing the subject, I see Don’t want to talk to ot you so wound up? Okay I’ll let you win for now, but don’t think I’ you off that easy” Jessie smiled and patted her belly “I’m ready for this little Wilde to come out”

“You still don’t know the baby’s sex?” she asked

“Nope It’s driving uys crazy, especially Jackson But I want to be surprised”

Shelby kne things worked in Wilde When a woman was ical father was It just wasn’t done In fact, most women didn’t want to know theether as a team of dads

Shelby put her ars had turned out It was less than a year ago when Samantha, Shelby’s closest friend at the time and Jessie’s would-be killer, had died in the Old Wilde Mine