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It was different with Vicki With her it was all about sating a never-ending hunger He couldn’t allow hi her coot hiht—he found it harder to keep her at a safe distance

And here he was, thinking about her again, wondering if she was still chatting with Teddy And if she was enjoying his company Teddy, who could offer her the nor from her

He listened to Chance enthuse about the upcoby test h to keep the conversation going

An hour later—desperate to escape his thoughts of Vicki—he happily left his apartment for the distraction of a pub

She didn’t coht for the next teeks And Ty told hih to ask why

But that was a lie, because he’d lay awake every night, waiting…hoping she would co away Hating even more that he didn’t ask

It wasn’t that she orking longer hours—with the weather getting cooler, business was inally less frenetic, and they keptTeddy, he would know if she was Because he would be forced to accompany her on any dates she had with the uy on Ty’s days off And Chance was an inveterate, unapologetic gossip—he would definitely say so Teddy

It had been a very quiet Monday, and the day was just about over Jasper and Linda had tidied the shop, Josh was on his final delivery of the day—he would head straight ho the bills

Ty folded his newspaper and stretched his legs

“What are your plans tonight, Ty?” Jasper asked with a grin The guy was asmiles

“Depends on the boss lady If she heads straight home, I’ll probably meet Chance for a drink somewhere”

“You and Chance bro’ing it up in a pub somewhere?” Jasper fanned himself “Be still, my jaded heart You know, if you were TV characters, I’d totally be ’shipping you guys, right?”

Ty snorted He’d only recently learned—thanks to Jasper—what the fuck ’shipping meant “Please, he’d drive me crazy in days He talks too damned much And I’ve seen his place…so many socks scattered across too many surfaces I couldn’t live like that Why the hell would you wish that on me, Jazz?”

Jasper laughed, then pouted “Allow urrrr”