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Ryan eyed her curiously “What is going on between you two?”

Ginger sighed She seeave him the scoop “She adaht I was robbed What I didn’t tell you is that she burned it down last summer Different location Cooper Denton moved me into this space”

“What?” Ryan stared at her, incredulous

“It was an accident,” she was quick to say, though she didn’t sound wholly convinced of that “One of my ‘risqué’ displays startled her and she knocked over some lit candles I was in the attic with my friend Liza Jack Wade had to rescue us”

Ryan raked a hand through his hair as he let out a long breath “Okay, I get where you’re co from now That must have been some ordeal”

“Yes, it wa

s quite terrifying There was a lot of drama in town last year And while Lydia backed off for a while after the fire, she’s been at it full steaain lately”

“I sort of got that sense when I spoke with her Friday night,” Ryan admitted “But it doesn’t mean we can’t see each other Unless, of course, you didn’t feel the spark I did the other night”

Her pretty smile chased away the tension between theht Everywhere”

He chuckled, relieved and delighted “Yeah, me too And that’s what matters, sweetheart”

She stared up at him, still tentative, but clearly pleased

“I’ve got a pretty strong constitution,” he told her “And even before I saw the bigger picture with you and my aunt, I didn’t allow her to bulldoze ment calls”

“I don’t understand how soerie I mean, I’ve always contributed to the collection plate at church, even when tih at the store She just has it in for roaned “She’d h I asked for trouble”

Offering his arain, Ryan said, “I seriously could’ve puuys for what they did to you” He still felt a hot flicker of rage over soainst her will And that they’d taken her money

“I wouldn’t have protested,” she said “Believe me But now you can understand why I didn’t want anyone to knoaswith Lydia is just hideous Her knoe’re out together tonight is horrific enough I don’t want to give more and more reasons for her to talk about me”