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Brandon had seen that look in Sheriff Byrd’s eyes before Now he’s going to try to pin this on Alex and Shelby He must act and fast

“Let’s take this toat Brandon for a split second “We can sort it all out there”

His pop knew the Elko sheriff’s reputation as well as he His father was clearly giving hiether

Shelby sat reading her book from one of her favorite authors, Sophie Oak But she really wasn’t reading it at all Her attention was on a certain laas sitting three booths aith Sheriff Champion and his wife, Connie Brandon Champion was just as sexy as his two brothers Taller by a half inch than even Justin Every time he smiled, she saw his lone dimple on his left cheek, just like Justin’s

God, Brandon was devastatingly beautiful She glanced back at her book when his dark eyes locked on hers for aso foolish?

She was a girl from Wilde To Elko men, that meant she was a woman from the proverbial “other side of the tracks”

It would never work for Brandon It would never work for Alex or Justin either The Chas than she did One man One woman That hat the outside world deemed normal

She wasn’t about to settle It wasn’t fair to the the iht with Alex? God, being with hi Her sub the vanilla sex Odd That had never happened before to her

Apparently, a lot of odd things were happening lately

Shelby had been shocked to see the sheriff from Elko walk into Norma’s and head over to the booth where Wayne Cha sheriff for Silver County, so it didn’t make sense that the sheriff from Elko County would be here

What had shocked her was the reaction she s

aw on Brandon’s face He was clearly not a fan of Sheriff Byrd Most in her hometown knew the past history that had occurred between Byrd and the Strong and Wilde families Bad blood

But people from Elko seemed to adore the man Byrd won every election by a landside no ainst him Why did Brandon and his dad have obvious disdain for the sheriff?

Byrd walked out of the diner with Wayne and Connie