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open door as if afraid he’d yell, “April Fools!” at any moment.
    Lucky helped her in and closed the door behind her. As he rounded the truck, he shrugged out of his fancy rented jacket and flung the offending garment between them on the bench seat before joining her in the cab.
    “Get me the hell out of here,” he muttered as he fought with the blasted bowtie he’d been forced to wear. Thank heavens it was black and not pink. The pink rose tacked onto his lapel had been bad enough. “If I don’t get into a pair of jeans and boots soon, I’m going to lose my mind.”
    Cammie chuckled as she fastened her seatbelt and turned the key in the ignition. “Just don’t throw up. I’ve never been good around that.”
    “Deal...” Lucky paused to roll down his window enough to let the breeze in as they started to inch along the dirt road that would lead them away from the Calhoun Ranch and connect them to the main road. “... if you tell me what that fight was about. You’re not a fighter, Cammie.”
    “Sleeping with me one time doesn’t make you an expert on who I am,” she quickly snapped before straightening her lips into a thin line.
    “Ouch,” he replied. “I heard enough to figure what it was about and can just deduce my own ideas if you’d like. That part about you fighting over a man who’ll never want you…was that about me?”
    A little line formed along Cammie’s cheek, showing she’d clenched her teeth. Lucky waited a couple of minutes, but no answer emerged.
    “You know it wasn’t true.”
    “I wasn’t fighting over you,” Cammie protested as they reached the main road. She turned right, headed in the direction of the trailer park. “I’m not pathetic enough to fight over a man. I attacked her because she deserved it.”
    “Oh, well then, that changes everything.”
    “Don’t act like you’re so disappointed in me. You get in fights all the time. You’re the last person who should be giving me crap about this.”
    “You’re a better person than me, Cam. You’re above the things I’ve done.”
    She sighed. “You’re not as bad as you think you are, Lucky. You just haven’t had the best people in your life.”
    “Yeah, maybe.” He started to tip one of the bottles he’d grabbed from the cooler to his lips, but realized he’d lost them during the women’s scuffle. “I know this much, the fool that chose Stacy Cove over you was one stupid bastard.”
    Cammie snorted in disgust. “I guess you’d know. I found Stacy sitting in your truck when I went to it to ensure you didn’t leave the wedding intoxicated.”
    “She offered her company, and I refused,” Lucky quickly defended himself. “Hell, I didn’t even refuse. I just walked away. I won’t lie to you and say I’ve never been with her before, but she’s not even comparable to a woman like you. And there was no chance she was going home with me tonight no matter what she might have said to you.”
    “Why should it matter to me anyway?” Cammie threw back. “You don’t want me. I’ve accepted it. I was just doing Kenzie a favor by offering you a ride home. Her wedding would have been ruined if you got killed.”
    “Well, I’m so glad you care so much about Kenzie’s well-being. She’s fortunate to have you in her life.”
    “Yes, well, some people realize what they have in their life and respect it, cherish it. They don’t just cast aside good things for whatever happens to be new and shiny at the moment.”
    Lucky clenched his teeth together as he gazed out the window. She was baiting him and doing a good job of it. His anger was rising as fast as his guilt. “That’s not what happened with us, Cammie. I didn’t cast you aside for another woman and you know it.”
    “No, you didn’t even need another woman on deck in order to throw me away.”
    “That’s not fair.” He let out an exasperated sigh as he leaned his head against the back of the seat and rubbed the sore spot forming in the center of