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later.”
    She laughed, ignoring the fact her
face heated and Connor hadn’t stopped staring. Make that glaring.
    “And you really know how to sweep a
girl off of her feet.”
    Smiling, she nodded at the grinning
Kevin and surly Connor as she left the two heartthrobs to join her sister at
the buffet.
    Wow. So that’s what it felt like
to do the teasing for a change…
    “That was interesting.” Her sister
smiled.
    Ah, swell . Who else had
noticed? Her parents? Probably. Insert motto here . Knowing better than
to play dumb, Kerri just shrugged as they loaded their plates with food.
    “Are you sure it’s wise to anger
the big puppy dog?” Jordan asked when they were the only two left at the buffet.
    Kerri frowned. “What do you mean?”
    “I mean, the whole time Kevin had
his lips on you, Connor’s big paws had clenched into fists.”
    They had? Kerri blinked, her
heart racing for some unknown reason. His reaction meant something, but she
wasn’t sure what it meant. Or if she should even care.
    Realizing her sister was waiting,
watching her, she shrugged again. “It’ll be all right. Connor won’t do
anything. He’s allergic to me.”
    Jordan’s head snapped up, eyes
sparkling. “What? Did he say that to you?”
    “Not directly,” Kerri replied,
wishing they could get off the subject. “I overheard him telling Hank and his
supervisors he’s allergic to city girls.”
    Jordan nodded. “Well, he hasn’t had
the best of luck with them.”
    “True. But it seems his men, along
with our parents, think the two of us belong together.”
    Expecting her sister to laugh
again, Kerri was surprised at Jordan’s lack of response. Then her heart froze as
she studied her silent sister. “Oh, no. Not you, too?”
    Crud . If her sister ever,
ever got it in her head to play matchmaker, Kerri was sunk. Nothing would stop Jordan. Nothing.
    “Relax.” Her sister’s palm closed
over her hand. “Yes, I think you’d be good together, but now isn’t the time.
And I told both parents not to push you.”
    So, everyone had been
discussing them. Great . “Well, I hope they listen because Connor and I
have already talked about this.”
    “You have?”
    “Yes, and we both agreed we aren’t
interested.”
    “Then he lied, because, honey, the
way that man looked at you, is still looking at you…he’s most definitely
interested.”
    The urge to turn and look at the
cowboy shook through Kerri, but she remained strong. No. Didn’t matter how or
if he was looking at her, he was off limits.
    “It’s just curiosity,” she said. “Because
once he had me, he wouldn’t…” her voice trailed off. Yikes. She’d almost
revealed her deepest fear.
    “Once he’d had you what? Kerri.
Look at me.” Jordan touched her hand again. “Surely you weren’t going to say he
wouldn’t want you, because that is untrue. So very untrue. Why would you
think that?”
    “Because I’m not good…” She snapped
her mouth shut. Dear Lord. She almost said it. She almost said ‘in bed.’
Her face heated anyway. This wasn’t the time. She was not going to get into
this here. Not now. Not in the middle of her sister’s engagement party. Good
Lord.
    “Of course you’re good. You’re
great.”
    Jordan squeezed her hand, and Kerri
had never been more relieved her sister hadn’t picked up her silent meaning.
    “Thanks, but let’s drop this, okay?
Tonight isn’t about me. It’s about you and Cole, and I’d much rather celebrate
than debate.”
    Jordan smiled. “Okay. Me, too. But
if you ever do want to talk, you find me. Promise.”
    “I promise.”
    “Okay. Good. Now, let’s eat. I’m
starved.”
    “When aren’t you?”
    “Exactly.”
    Laughing, they joined Cole who was
sitting with Kevin’s sister Jen and her husband Brock. 
    They spent an enjoyable half hour
eating and laughing about old times. Even the addition of Connor and Kevin
hadn’t spoiled her fun. Memories brought back their childhood camaraderie .
    Kerri was