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There was no doubt about that Thehands that made promises about other parts of his anatomy—ones that she’d confirht Sawyer Carlyleout photos of one of Harbor City’s ible bachelors taken at society events, charity fundraisers, and on the street She couldn’t bla at the camera, the man took a hell of a sexy picture

“But you gotta remember,” Daphne said, “Ted Bundy was hot, too”

“Okay, no more true crime TV for you” Clover warned and cut up the pancake Daphne had shoveled onto her plate

Clover took a bite to be polite but…yeah, eating the whole thing wasn’t going to happen Daphne was going through a healthy-eating phase and the pancakes were pureen bits she was pretty sure were kale

She was saved frole-minded determination and 100 percent co so fast I can’t believe you’rehim!”

And if her stoh fro to her faave even the air an acidic taste

“What can I say?” Clover shrugged “He just wants me near him 24/7 Anyhat kind of serial killer would ask a potential victim to marry him?”

“Those creepers who are always posting about wanting foot slist,” Daphne said around a mouthful of the barely edible pancakes

Clover shook her head “And you look like such a normal person”

“I know” Daphne grinned, her dark good looks not even hinting at the snarky personality behind her pretty face “It fools the boys every tiagement stinks”

Clover opened her ed to close her trap before she reminded Daphne of her last boyfriend who’d turned out to be a serial cheater and general asshole There Now that was a good sign The filter between her brain and her ain yesterday

“Look, I know this is unexpected—which you should totally expect froo with the flow on this one” If anything, her friend should be used to Clover always doing the unexpected “Sawyer has this big deal he’s working in Singapore, and well, you knoas there to teach English I didn’t know much about hi every word coh about the crazy that’s-so-Clover prank, but for now, she had to stick with the story she and Sawyer had agreed upon “We never thought we’d see each other once we got back home, but when I showed up for the job interview and we realized that fate had thrown us together, ent with it”

Daphne shut herthe worry lines on her otherwise s as they had without seeing the hidden signs of trouble

“I love you, Clover, you know I’m behind you no matter what you do,” she said, her forehead still crinkled in concern “But you’ve done some crazy shit in the past, and I just want you to be careful This is even nuttier than that ti booth business, or the tiypt to volunteer on a caht the kebabs and donut cart was the way to finance your trip to Peru to work on jungle conservation”

None of those were things she ever wanted to relive, but this was different This would work out just as she’d planned It had to