“I think it will be great if they get back together. It’s time for him to settle down and they have such a long history. I hope things work out with them.”

“Yes, I do, too.”

Unknown to Willa and Faith, a man sitting at the table beside theirs had overheard their conversation. Jeremy’s jaw tightened in anger. It sounded like Bryce was getting back with her old boyfriend. Had she merely been taking up his time while on the rebound? When he had called her, she’d made it seem as if she would be too busy for him. Obviously, she wasn’t too busy for her ex. He’d honestly thought she was someone he could begin spending time with and now he saw she was no different from the others.

The woman had referred to the man as Kaegan. It shouldn’t be hard to find out all he needed to know about the guy. He then recalled something else one of the women had said. Bryce and this Kaegan had no reason to hurry back home before Monday.

A smile touched Jeremy’s lips. Maybe he needed to give them a reason.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

“I THINK THE meeting went well. Don’t you?”

Bryce glanced across the dinner table and met Kaegan’s gaze. “Yes, it did, and was certainly informative.”

He nodded. “What about Eric Tolbert?”

She shrugged. “I’m sure you noticed that he and I butted heads a few times.”

Kaegan chuckled. “Yes, I noticed. I guess he had no idea who he was messing with.”

“I tried maintaining my professionalism,” she said.

“And you did but he was being an ass. You won’t have to be concerned with him after today. I intend to inform him that we won’t need his services any longer.”

“You don’t have to do that on my account. I could have handled him.”

“Yes, but there was no reason for you to have to. I know your worth. It was up to him to prove his and he didn’t. End of story. Besides, it appears you were just as knowledgeable as he was. I don’t think he liked that too much.”

Bryce honestly didn’t know what the man’s problem was, but was glad Kaegan had picked up on the fact he had one. She’d gone toe-to-toe with her brothers often enough while growing up, and like she’d told Kaegan, she could have handled the man. He’d acted like he felt threatened by the fact she was a woman. She had detected how things would probably go down when he kept saying he’d assumed she was a man. After that, he hadn’t hid his disappointment in finding out that she wasn’t.

She had gotten through the meeting concentrating less on Eric and more on Kaegan. He’d snagged her attention the moment he’d taken off his jacket. She’d seen his massive shoulders flex beneath his white dress shirt and how good his tapered lean thighs looked in a pair of dress slacks. She was used to seeing him in jeans, so seeing Kaegan in something other than that had captured her interest. The same thing had happened the night of the charity dance.