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“It’s a start,” Rhett agreed He reached for his coffee, suddenly aware of the stillness in the room
He looked up, and Boone asked with raised brows, “Care to tell us what you’re planning?”
“Who says I’?” Rhett asked
Asher leaned against the door frah
Boonelook
Rhett snorted, giving his head a slow shake “If you both knoell enough to know I’, then you also know that I’d never tell you what I was planning” And with thebehind him, Rhett strode out of the coroup of bastards to act again This next ed to him
Two hours had gone by since Rhett left the bar thisfrom their talk earlier He’d rattled her then, and she still felt rattled She could stay strong against jerkish Rhett, but when faced with the sweet, caring, and tender Rhett who fixed her hand and offered his house up to her, she felt the strands of her strength waver She chugged the cold water in her glass and set it back onto the bar when she heard Remy say, “Oh, my God, Kinsley, I’m so sorry”
A quick look at the front door revealed that not only had Remy arrived but so had Peyton Both were ashen faced Re steps in and spun in a slow circle “Who would do this?” she gasped
“First guess would be the Red Dragons,” Kinsley explained, feeling the dull headache building behind her eyes She’d spent an hour calling her staff and explaining what had happened then another hour with the insurance adjuster when he caet the claie, which luckily hadn’t been se “But uys didn’t think it was them”
Peyton picked up a chair leg before tossing it back into the pile of broken wood “Did he say anything more than that?” she asked
“Nope, just that” Kinsley hesitated Then, and fully aware of the reaction she was going to get, she added, “Well, not exactly just that He did say that he’ll be pickingme to Rhett’s” At her best friends’ bewildered expressions, she gave a laugh that sounded empty even to her ears “Surprised?”
“Yes,” they said in unison
She laughed again A little more honest this time “I was surprised too, believe , and we had a talk”
“Which obviously ell,” Peyton said
Kinsley nodded “Things are ood as I’et I mean, this is a shock For everyone, I’ot tihtness in Res on this”