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Brandon walked through Nor at the seams He headed to the booth where his pop sat with his neife Even as busy as the restaurant was, his eyes still zeroed in past his two lunch partners His focus was on the wo a book He’d seen her at Alex’s ground breaking ceremony

Justin had told him that her name was Shelby Taylor His brother had already put theany time to pounce Then he would move on to his next conquest Later, Alex had told him she worked for Austin Wilde as his personal secretary He knew Austin Hell, everyone in the whole state knew the ht side of the law So far, anyway

Brandon’s brain was in a da Shelby This ht about asking to join her, ditching his dad and Connie

No one had ily ever Not even Ashley When he’d watched Justin walk aith the Wilde beauty at the cerereen-eyed monster of jealousy had shown up in his head He wasn’t about to go down that path again, especially not with a girl from this town

Still, he could just iine how soft and sweet Shelby would be under his body During the deposition back in Elko, his es of her in various states of undress What was underneath those clothes of hers? He was pretty certain her hidden skin was just as fair as her gorgeous face, which was currently turned his way Her big blue eyes ide She wore her hair up She didn’t look like a one-night-stand kind of person to him, so he turned his attention away from her and back to his dad and Connie

He’d sworn off woo, not that he’d becootten quite the workout, especially after Ashley had broke it off with him Lately less, but still active More accurately put, he’d sworn off anything that smacked of permanence with any female No one was invited to stay for breakfast No one

“Hey, son” His dad waved hi hih he loved that his dad was so happy His dad’s new attitude wasthe head lawman of Wilde

Connie was so different from his mom She was a bit scattered, where hisHe’d been in high school when his mother had died, but he could still relass else hisit to the kitchen to be washed Now he realized hiscase of OCD, which he’d apparently inherited from her Fuck, he missed his mom

“I took the liberty of ordering for you, son,” his dad said “The special today is ravy”

“I love meatloaf”

“I know you do”

Brandon scooted into the booth opposite the happy couple “What sides?”

“Mashed potatoes and a side salad”

His dad did know hi did you pick for my salad, Pop?”