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He assumed it was strictly business between the two...until he saw them kiss. It wasn’t a little peck, either. Winn’s associate had noticed him staring and mentioned Kelly was an attorney at his wife’s legal firm. The guy with her was her boyfriend, Josh.
By the time Winn finished, Hailey’s face had gone stony.
She pressed her lips together. “A cheat as well as an opportunist.”
Winn took a sip of coffee and nodded.
“I don’t appreciate being played for a fool.”
“Who does?” Winn understood the sense of shock, betrayal and embarrassment. Even after almost eight years, the fact that he’d been played so completely still stuck in his craw.
“Thanks for telling me. I appreciate it.” Hailey’s lips lifted in a tremulous smile. “Some wouldn’t have said a word.”
“The way I see it, if you can’t trust your friends to have your back, what good are they?” Winn said casually.
But when he met her gaze, he had to fight back the sudden urge to take her in his arms, to kiss her until the sadness had vanished from her eyes and the sunny smile was back on her lips.
Friends, he thought with a rueful smile. Yeah, right.
Copyright © 2014 by Cynthia Rutledge
ISBN-13: 9781460334867
THE BACHELOR’S BRIGHTON VALLEY BRIDE
Copyright © 2014 by Judy Duarte
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