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“Absolutely,” Trevor says smiling at her, but not really answering her question. He turns to glare at me one last time, then leaves to follow his wife.

I hear soft clapping and turn to see Kat and Remi standing off to the side.

“Were you guys there the whole time?” I ask.

“Of course!” Kat says.

“It was riveting,” Remi adds.

“It would have been better with popcorn,” Kat says with a smile.

“And gummies,” Remi agrees. “But we were also here because we had to make sure no one came to listen in.”

“That would have caused a scandal for sure,” Kat says. “Especially when you said the part about him fingering you. That was awesome!”

“That took some serious balls, girl,” Remi says.

I shrug. “Well, I felt empowered tonight, you know?”

“It doesn’t hurt that we had the incredible hulky cowboy here to rescue us if anything happened,” Kat says.

I turn to Cole. “She’s right. In some weird way you made me feel stronger tonight. Thank you.”

“Well, sweetness, I gotta say that makes me real happy to hear,” Cole says.

My tummy does a little flutter when he calls me sweetness.

I like it.

Shit. Abort feelings, Lexie. Abort.

Trust no one. Especially not men.

Daddy was a good man. Stone was a good man. Cole seems like a good man.

Shut up.

“Okay, well.” I feel awkward all the sudden. “I gotta get back to work. Especially since I’m almost certain Mavis has been pouring freely.” I turn and head to the middle of the bar where the bulk of the people have collected.