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They rode in silence for a few ht the conversation was over, but he shocked her by speaking again

“The guy on the plane You flirted with hiht hours Under my nose”

Helen felt her heart lurch inside of her Was that jealousy? No It couldn’t be “I wasn’t flirting I was having a conversation A very pleasant conversation with so”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You can work it out yourself, Andrew McInnes” She turned back to the glorious view “Now if you don’there In fact, stop at the next hotel you see I want to spend a night here before we go to Invertary”

“And if I don’t want to spend the night?”

“You can drop me off and I’ll see you at the castle tomorrow”

She thought she heard a growl, but when she looked back at hi of exhilaration course through her This was the person she reo She wasn’t sure if it was the scenery or the attention of the man on the plane, but she felt more like herself than she had in years

A fewthe blues and purples of the Scottish highlands wash over her She wished she’d o It should have been soether

“It isn’t right to flirt in front of your husband” His low voice ruh the interior of the car

Helen smiled as she looked out over a picture-perfect loch And for the first time in her life, she was the one who stayed silent

“Where’s the bride?” Mitch said to Josh as he came into the kitchen

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sp; “Around,” Josh snapped Hiding The coward One little kiss and she’d fled like the hounds of hell were on her tail

Mitch grabbed some chips from the cabinet