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Mia nods knowingly “Well, I recouys need to have a conversation Tell her how you feel” Her expression turns stern “And don’t make it about sex”

“Why do you assume I’d make it about sex?”

“Because you’re a s for theet them in bed”

“Yeah, I guess that makes sense”

“Durand is waving for o”

“Okay Please don’t lose hter,” I say with a wry look “And thanks for the advice”

“Anytime”

Mia takes Avery over to a group of Blaze wives, and they’re gushing over Avery before she even gets all the way over there I order a drink fro server and make my way over to Olivier Durand, the owner of the Blaze

Before I get to hi to see a text fro me her date was complete shit

Nothing, though I swear under my breath and force a smile for Durand

If I didn’t have Avery with ht, I’d probably have et to be painfully aware of every passing minute Winter spends with her date

What kind of a loser of a man needs to be set up on a blind date, anyway? And where the hell is he taking her?

“Jesus, Harry, what’s with the scowl?” Durand asks, laughing

“Must be your ugly fuckin’ ,” I quip as I shake his hand

“Nah That face has female trouble written all over it”

I scoff and nod my thanks to the server, who returns with my beer “If you’d describe a wo she makes me want to break shit as trouble, then yeah, that’s it”

Durand puts a hand on ood news is there are plenty of fish in the sea, though”

“Not like her,” I mutter

Durand laughs heartily “Well shit, man You really are in trouble with this one, aren’t you?”

I take a long drink of my beer and say, “You have no idea”

“Want to talk about it?”

“No I want to be in a good headspace when I giveabout Winter will have the opposite effect”

“Let’s get dinner soon You can catch me up then”

“That’d be good”

We talk hockey then Even though he never played professionally, Durand could talk hockey for hours on end I didn’t play pro for long, but I have fondfriendships from those days

I check ain to see if Winter texted, but she didn’t I shake my head and stick ets s she doesn’t say

She better be back at the apartht actually lose my mind

Chapter Sixteen