And then he’d set her away from him, offered up a gruff, “Glad you’re all right,” and practically ran away from her, never once looking back.
Jerk.
That had been the final straw. She hadn’t really seen him since. And she was glad for it. So incredibly glad. Maybe she could finally purge him from her thoughts for good. She’d been kicked to the curb for the last time. The very last time . . .
The bell above the front door chimed, letting her know someone had entered the studio, and she sat up straighter at her desk, pretending she was actually getting work done versus daydreaming—more like day scheming—about Lane. She figured it was Wren, her best friend and business partner, coming in to work.
“Did you bring coffee with you?” Delilah yelled when Wren still hadn’t made an appearance in the back office that they shared.
There was no reply.
Weird.
She rose to her feet, tucking a stray hair behind her ear as she made her way out of the office, down a tiny hall to emerge into the waiting area. All the breath expelled from her lungs when she saw who stood there with his back to her, eating up all the space with his mere six-foot-two presence.
Stupid Lane Gallagher, Wildwood County deputy sheriff, at her service. Ha, like he’d ever service her.
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