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Where it belonged
The following three days were uneventful As Vicki had expected, Ty kept his distance after that night in her apart silences and iht had hiht Her period was done, but she wasn’t sure if it would be a good idea to resuement with Ty She wanted to, oh God, she really, really wanted to
But after the other night, when they’d felt al on thin ice She was starting to want more And that wasn’t his fault, it was hers She shouldn’t have gone into this in the first place, not when she had already found hi and likable She neededthe issue
Chance was on duty that Saturday, and Vicki was almost relieved to have a break from Ty’s broody presence The Australian was a breath of fresh air, with his silly cohtly off-color jokes
Because of JJ’s cancelled wedding, Vicki’s Saturday had opened up, and her day was easy and al because of it Thankfully, the bride and her reed to accept a 25 refund and had asked Vicki to deliver the flowers they had paid for on the ex-groom’s doorstep
Which she had done with great pleasure She’d relished the chagrin on the man’s face when she and Josh offloaded hundreds of white and pink blooms in the cramped front room of his small Surrey terrace house
He’d protested of course, but Vicki had cheerfully infor her job When he looked set to argue, Chance had stepped forward—folding his beefy tattooed arms across his chest—to stared at the skinny man, who immediately backed off
So all that muscle around
She closed on time on a Saturday for the first time in weeks and immediately called Bella to ask if she and Pete would join her for a drink Her friend happily agreed and said she was bringing so, which prompted Vicki to invite Jasper and Linda as well Josh had declined the invitation
In the end, Linda, Danny, Jasper, Hugh, and Stephen all joined them at a local pub in Hammersmith
Bella, who’d been disappointed to learn about Vicki’s disastrous “date” with Teddy, had been urging her to give the h—never
“Hi, again,” Teddy said, when he had the opportunity to speak with Vicki He looked aard
“Let uess, Bells didn’t tell you I would be here,” Vicki said with a laugh And he grinned, relaxing
“I’ize for that day at the gardens”
“Why? You did nothing wrong”
“I felt awful for leaving you sitting there It wasn’t well done of me, at all”