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“Not at all But I do need aback in her seat for a moment “And maybe burp to make more room”

He chuckled God, she killed hi on the outside yet act like any one of the guys in the joint However, when she did , loud belch But it seemed to free up the room she needed in her sto much smaller bites this time

“So, let’s talk about that three-year dry spell of yours,” she said, ht with curiosity

He groaned “Let’s not”

“Seriously, Re tio without actual sexand a whole lot of self-love”

He shouldn’t have been surprised or shocked that she’d brought up the stupid comment he’d uing revelation like that slide by, while he preferred to keep the reasons for his celibacy to himself

“Self-love?” he repeated with a frown as he chewed off another big bite of his burger What the hell did that mean?

“Hand jobs,” she clarified in a low voice “Why resort to that when you’re clearly awomen can’t be the issue”

No, he’d had plenty of offers over the years “Quite frankly,himself with his honesty “After the divorce, I had no desire to be with any woman, for any reason, and I focused allLowell Construction”

Terew round at his candor “Can I ask what happened between the two of you?”

“In a nutshell, I wasn’t good enough for her,” he said, and stuffed a French fry into his big, fat mouth

“What?” Tempest’s voice was incredulous as she set the last section of her burger down on her plate “How can you say that?”

“I can say it because it’s true,” he said evenly “Rachel looked ht in the eyes and said it to my face”

He’d never discussed his divorce with anyone, or the fact that he hadn’t been able to give Rachel, his ex-wife, everything she needed, so she’d looked elsewhere—then had taken him to the cleaners financially, which had only added insult to injury And while he should have been annoyed with hi out the truth to Teet it out in the open because she was so easy to talk to Almost too easy when he needed to be careful with his emotions around her

Tery on his behalf “She’s wrong, Remy,” she said adamantly as she stabbed a French fry in his direction to eood for her”