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“Clover!” she hollered in a singsong voice “When you didn’t answer s-attached banging your fake fiancé before time ran out and you had to leave for Australia”
That one teasing state Sawyer Maybe baby Australia Too late All of it ca burst of wind that cut right through her, bone deep and breath stealing Her throat tightened, her lungs pinched, and the hot tears that had been lurking behind that nu spilled down her cheeks
Daphne squawked in concern, put down the plate she was holding, and rushed over to her, wrapping her arht It didn’t stop the tears, but it relieved the pressure of the ache that had built up over the last few days She wasn’t alone in this whatever it was It took several deep breaths, but she finally o
Daphne took Clover by the shoulders and gave her a long, hard look “Oh, honey, what happened?” Then she handed Clover a double chocolate cookie and a glass of red wine that ice the size of a normal pour
The as te—but she set it down on the entry table and took a bite of the cookie instead It didn’t taste like ical andto have to do all the work
Daphne herded her into the living room “I can call my cousin to kick his ass”
Looking at her best friend so ready to go to bat for her without even knohy, she al, she sat down on the couch and took in a long breath through her nose and braced herself for saying the words that had been screa inside her head out loud
“The condom broke”
Daphne stilled, her brown eyes wide
“What did he say?”
“He asked me to marry him” There, that sounded almost neutral and not at all like she was about to start bawling again
“What did you say?”
“Nothing What could I say?” The ned look in Sawyer’s eyes when he’d asked her to think about it was like picking at a scab right over her heart “Oh yeah, so I nant but we have pheno yourself to one person forever works out because you know the one thing I’ve dreamed about since I
was a little girl was being barefoot, pregnant, and handcuffed to a vacuum cleaner”
Daphne rolled her eyes “I don’t think that’s really how es work these days” Then she draped an arave her a solid squeeze “What can I do?”