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Head whipping to the side, pins pulling against her scalp as the twist she’d put in her hair thatmoved, Lacey looked at him

Her question had clearly not been an invitation If he wasfun of her

He wasn’t s Not even close

What was going on here?

“I don’t have a love life,” she said slowly Was he seriously interested in her love life?

No It was Kacey’s he wanted to know about Wow Crazy that it took her a second to figure that out The year and a half living apart from Kacey had softened her brain

AndJeuy He’d pay attention to Lacey out of genuine interest There were a lot of nice guys out there They couldn’t help gravitating toward Kacey

“I don’t believe you” He’d stopped at a light and was looking directly at her Kind of like Kacey did when her sister was telling her so without words

She’d given hi to ask about what he really wanted to know—her sister’s love life

“It’strue” She stared back at him

The light turned green He pushed the accelerator

And her heart sped up

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

BY FRIDAY JEM had a building per forward to the project at Lacey’s like he used to look forward to working on his boat He’d be doing the work mostly by himself He hadn’t put labor in the bid

Whichto have to work after hours