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Sulley narrows her eyes at Kennedy as something passes between them. “Who doesn’t like a guy in a cowboy hat? It’s hot,” she answers.

Kennedy raises her hand. “I don’t. My dad used to wear them now and then when I was a kid. Especially when we’d visit his family in North Carolina. Turned me off to them.”

I imagine Jett that first night in his cowboy hat while he drove into me. Fucking hot. Hmm, we might need to bring back the cowboy hat into our bedroom.

Layla wiggles her eyebrows up and down. “Ooh, your dad in a cowboy hat is being added to my spank bank. You know he’s on my hall pass list. I bet he’d look hot in nothing but a cowboy hat.”

I inwardly smile. Oh girl, you have no idea just how hot that is.

Kennedy rolls her eyes and gives Layla the finger before gasping. “Oh shit,” she exclaims. “I forgot that today is my dad’s birthday. Fuck, I’d better call him.”

What? It’s Jett’s birthday? He mentioned dinner with his agent tonight, but nothing else. Hmm, I might need to do something about this.

JETT

We sit in the nice Center City steakhouse as Leo holds up a glass of one of my favorite wines from the Detert Family Vineyard in Napa. It’s a several-hundred-dollar bottle, but he’s spoiling me on my birthday.

“Happy birthday, buddy. You’re like a fine wine. You only get better with age.”

I scoff. “Yeah, right. When I get out of bed in the morning, it sounds like a damn orchestra of cracking and popping.”

He chuckles. “Not sure that bodes well for the rest of us mere mortals. You’re in better shape than any other man in the world who’s your age. There’s a reason I never let my wife come to your house for a pool party.”

I ignore him, sip the wine, and take it in. “Hmm, so damn good. Can you taste the red cherry, currant, and cocoa?”

He lifts an unamused eyebrow. “I can taste the plastic of my credit card that will get burned from this bottle.”

I let out a laugh. “You didn’t have to order it.”

He winks. “Yes I did. You deserve it. You’re one of the best men I know.”

“If that’s the case, I think you need to get out more often.”

He rolls his eyes. “No kids tonight?” he asks.

I shake my head. “Kennedy reached out. That’s a small victory in and of itself. We’re playing pickleball and having lunch tomorrow to celebrate. Pierce and Ginny are in Cabo for his spring break.”

“Which I’m sure you’re paying for,” he mumbles judgmentally.

I nod. “Of course I’m paying for Pierce to go on vacation. They did invite me, but I have some…other things going on right now.” I can’t contain my smile.

He studies me carefully. “A woman?” he asks both hopefully and accusatorily.

I nod. “The woman.”

His eyes widen in surprise. “Whoa. Who is she? Anyone I know?”

I’ve been contemplating not telling him, but I need someone close to my age to talk to about her. I know I can trust Leo to be discreet.

I swallow. “You probably do know her or have at least met her in passing. It’s Fallon Montgomery.”

He pinches his eyebrows together. “Tanner’s ex-wife?”

I hate that she’s viewed in relation to him. “She’s much more than that, but yes.”

He gives me an impressed look. “Wow, she’s stunning. There’s no denying that.”

“She is. Both inside and out.” I study him carefully. “I thought you’d have an opinion on this.”