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Chapters (50)
  1. Dedication
  2. About This Book
  3. CHAPTER ONE
  4. CHAPTER TWO
  5. CHAPTER THREE
  6. CHAPTER FOUR
  7. CHAPTER FIVE
  8. CHAPTER SIX
  9. CHAPTER SEVEN
  10. CHAPTER EIGHT
  11. CHAPTER NINE
  12. CHAPTER TEN
  13. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  14. CHAPTER TWELVE
  15. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  16. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  18. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  20. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  21. CHAPTER NINTEEN
  22. CHAPTER TWENTY
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  32. CHAPTER THIRTY
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  42. CHAPTER FORTY
  43. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

“Noah, would you like to join us for dinner?” Kathy offered, a hand on each girl’s shoulder.

“Uh.” He shoved his hands in his pockets. “Thanks, but I’ve got some work to do tonight.” Still a little dazed, he watched them walk down the block to Jasper’s sedan. A tight little group made somehow brighter and more hopeful than they had been this morning.

He had a feeling that Cat was the orchestrator of that turnaround.

“You okay, man?” Drake asked. “You look like you could use a beer.”

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

“So, you two are dating, right?” Noah asked for the third time.

Drake shook his head and grinned. His gleaming white teeth were blinding in the near dark of the Workshop, Merry’s one and only bar. It was always darker than midnight inside the bar, but that didn’t stop the dozen or so female patrons from sending admiring glances Drake’s way.

“No, man. Well, not now. I don’t know if we were before or not.” Drake shrugged his massive shoulders as if dating or not dating a gorgeous, fiery TV star didn’t really matter.

“Wait, how do you not know if you’re dating?” Noah was feeling a pleasant warmth from the third beer that had magically appeared in front of him.

Drake shrugged. “In our profession, you can not be dating a lot of people. It’s a busy lifestyle. Never in one place for very long and just when you get comfortable in the offseason, it’s time to start shooting the next season. Cat and I ‘dated’ very briefly a couple of years ago. But neither one of us was invested enough to start changing our work schedules around.”

“So, you’re exes, and you work together?” Noah was determined to figure this out. He’d assumed, from their greeting, that Drake and Cat were together and was surprised to find out that wasn’t the case. He wasn’t sure why it mattered so much. He was probably just trying to get to know his enemy better, he decided.

“I guess so. I think of us more as friends. She’s awesome. No one can out work her. This industry isn’t usually very friendly to women, but Cat demands better. There’s a lot more there than just a great face and sexy body, and she doesn’t let anyone forget it.”

“Well, which one of you two nobs do I have to blame for awakening the dragon?” Henry, Cat’s assistant, slid onto the unoccupied stool to Noah’s left. The sleeves of his Oxford were precisely rolled up to his elbows to show off the cuffs. He rested his head in his hands for the briefest of moments.

Guiltily, Noah raised his hand.

“Yeah, that’d be him,” Drake tattled. “I had nothing to do with it.”