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her ear. “It’s okay sweetheart. There’s a lot of benefits to having me as a boyfriend,” he whispered. Cole stepped back, smiled at her stunned expression and walked out the back door with her dog.
“What the hell just happened?” she asked Chuck before realizing her dog had left her again.
Paige rushed out of the shower and flung open her closet. She was ten minutes late to open the store and with the Summer Festival coming up, she had a lot of work to do. She grabbed a belted navy jersey dress from Old Navy and slipped it over her wet hair. She found some red sandals and slipped them on as she blasted her hair with the dryer. She grabbed one of her new red ribbon bows and twisted her hair into a loose fitting ponytail.
She applied some lip gloss and went back to her closet to fetch a long red scarf. Taking off the navy belt, she slipped the scarf through the rings and tied it in a knot at her side. There. Even Cole would have to admit she looked pretty good, not that she took longer than normal getting ready for him this morning.
She opened the door at the top of the stairs bounced down to the landing. She was just excited to get to work, it was definitely not because Cole was downstairs, she told herself. She was about to turn on the landing and head down into her shop when she heard something that was enough to make her blood turn to ice and the hairs on the back of her neck stand at attention. It was a giggle. It was a fake giggle that reminded her of nails on a chalkboard. And that giggle only belonged to one person. Kandi Chase-Rawlings, her lifelong archenemy.
Paige crept down the stairs far enough to be able to lean forward and see where Kandi was standing near the sales counter in full slut mode. Her white tank top, two sizes too small for her plastic double D’s stuck out and pointed at Cole like a radar. Her miniskirt barely covered her perfectly toned ass that she showed off to perfection when she 'accidentally' dropped her purse and had to turn and pick it up. She had her long bottle dyed blonde hair curled in loose waves flowing down her back and expertly flicked it over her shoulder.
“I just got back from the summer at the lake. I didn’t know Paige had hired help. It’s nice to see she at least has taste in that.” Kandi ran her manicured fingernail down Cole’s muscled arm. Paige jumped back on the stairs and took a deep breath. She knew Cole was her fake boyfriend. She knew she had no claim on him, but this was history repeating itself and she wasn’t about to let Kandi ruin her life a second time.
Paige took a deep breath to calm herself. It wouldn’t do any good to assault a woman right in front of a federal officer. She plastered on her sweeter-than-sugar smile and tried to stop the anger that was making her shake.
“Kandi! It’s so nice to see you again. How was your trip to the lake?” Paige made her grand entrance down the stairs pretending to be Scarlett O’Hara.
“It was divine. Too bad you can’t afford to do something like that yourself.” Kandi smiled and flashed her overly bleached teeth.
“How are Bill and the kids? Cole, dear, did you know that Kandi here has been married nine years already? And how old are your kids now? Ten and eight?” Paige smiled again and even threw in an innocent bat of her eyelashes.
“That’s right, honey. I am fortunate enough to have two wonderful boys. Any man’s dream.” Paige’s smile almost faltered when Kandi pressed her breast against Cole’s arm showing him pictures of her boys in football uniforms.
“That’s great. They seem to enjoy football. I played all the way through college.”
“Oooh. That’s wonderful. Where did you go to college?” Kandi turned to look at Cole and managed to shove her breasts out even further. Maybe she had an air pump in there - like those tennis shoes from the nineties where you could pump them up.
“Centre College, down in Danville.”
“Sexy and smart. Whatever are you
“What the hell just happened?” she asked Chuck before realizing her dog had left her again.
Paige rushed out of the shower and flung open her closet. She was ten minutes late to open the store and with the Summer Festival coming up, she had a lot of work to do. She grabbed a belted navy jersey dress from Old Navy and slipped it over her wet hair. She found some red sandals and slipped them on as she blasted her hair with the dryer. She grabbed one of her new red ribbon bows and twisted her hair into a loose fitting ponytail.
She applied some lip gloss and went back to her closet to fetch a long red scarf. Taking off the navy belt, she slipped the scarf through the rings and tied it in a knot at her side. There. Even Cole would have to admit she looked pretty good, not that she took longer than normal getting ready for him this morning.
She opened the door at the top of the stairs bounced down to the landing. She was just excited to get to work, it was definitely not because Cole was downstairs, she told herself. She was about to turn on the landing and head down into her shop when she heard something that was enough to make her blood turn to ice and the hairs on the back of her neck stand at attention. It was a giggle. It was a fake giggle that reminded her of nails on a chalkboard. And that giggle only belonged to one person. Kandi Chase-Rawlings, her lifelong archenemy.
Paige crept down the stairs far enough to be able to lean forward and see where Kandi was standing near the sales counter in full slut mode. Her white tank top, two sizes too small for her plastic double D’s stuck out and pointed at Cole like a radar. Her miniskirt barely covered her perfectly toned ass that she showed off to perfection when she 'accidentally' dropped her purse and had to turn and pick it up. She had her long bottle dyed blonde hair curled in loose waves flowing down her back and expertly flicked it over her shoulder.
“I just got back from the summer at the lake. I didn’t know Paige had hired help. It’s nice to see she at least has taste in that.” Kandi ran her manicured fingernail down Cole’s muscled arm. Paige jumped back on the stairs and took a deep breath. She knew Cole was her fake boyfriend. She knew she had no claim on him, but this was history repeating itself and she wasn’t about to let Kandi ruin her life a second time.
Paige took a deep breath to calm herself. It wouldn’t do any good to assault a woman right in front of a federal officer. She plastered on her sweeter-than-sugar smile and tried to stop the anger that was making her shake.
“Kandi! It’s so nice to see you again. How was your trip to the lake?” Paige made her grand entrance down the stairs pretending to be Scarlett O’Hara.
“It was divine. Too bad you can’t afford to do something like that yourself.” Kandi smiled and flashed her overly bleached teeth.
“How are Bill and the kids? Cole, dear, did you know that Kandi here has been married nine years already? And how old are your kids now? Ten and eight?” Paige smiled again and even threw in an innocent bat of her eyelashes.
“That’s right, honey. I am fortunate enough to have two wonderful boys. Any man’s dream.” Paige’s smile almost faltered when Kandi pressed her breast against Cole’s arm showing him pictures of her boys in football uniforms.
“That’s great. They seem to enjoy football. I played all the way through college.”
“Oooh. That’s wonderful. Where did you go to college?” Kandi turned to look at Cole and managed to shove her breasts out even further. Maybe she had an air pump in there - like those tennis shoes from the nineties where you could pump them up.
“Centre College, down in Danville.”
“Sexy and smart. Whatever are you
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