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still didn’t want to think of him being hurt by another woman.
    “But…if he liked her so much, why did he give up?”
    “After the bitch came in, screwed with his emotions, she had the audacity to pull out—get this—a fucking engagement ring and put it back on. She was freaking engaged. That still makes him sick. He feels like he cheated on some poor guy, but he had no clue. Not once did she drop any hint that the interest she had in him wasn’t going to lead into a relationship. I’ve never in my life heard of something so downright cold and calculated. It was awful, Emery. She had been gone for a couple of hours before we knew it or I would have had no problem confronting her. We tried to get him to call the other guy. I guess he had known him from their hometown. He said he couldn’t bring himself to cause someone else to hurt like he was, plus he said from what he remembered of the guy, they were made for each other. It would have been one thing to come in, have her little bout of fun, and never return his calls again. She sunk to entirely different level of sleazy bitch when she whipped out that diamond.”
    She felt like she’d had the air knocked out of her chest. Emery continued to listen to what were probably just the highpoints in the story. She knew she and Jesse couldn’t pursue a relationship, but that didn’t mean she didn’t feel compassion for him as a person and a friend. That kind of pain—she knew it intimately and would never wish it on her worst enemy, let alone a nice guy. That woman deserved a man like her ex. Emery peeled the last of the label off her bottle, then started ripping it to shreds.
    “It’s just really sad to me. He never let it get to him about the stunt she pulled , or that she shattered the image he’d held of her for so many years, but I think it really bothers him that she and her family didn’t think he was good enough. Especially when they’re from the same small town.” Molly shrugged. “He’s such a great guy.”
    “But, he’s seen other women since , right?”
    Molly shook her head and tipped her water back to her lips.
    “But…” Emery tilted her chin.
    Molly grinned. “Why? Because he’s so damn good looking?”
    “Well, yeah. It sounds a little shallow when you say it out loud, but I guess I would’ve expected him to…you know…well, have women all over him.”
    “A player?” Molly asked.
    With the smirk on her friend’s face, Emery could tell Molly was baiting her. She wrinkled her nose and nodded. She thought she heard someone coming close to the door. Leaning her ear that way she listened for a moment with her finger up to signal hold on , but they never entered, turning back to Molly, she waited.
    “Nope . Not my cowboy. He just wants...well, he just wants a girl who cares about him as much as he cares for her.”
    Molly flashed an encouraging smile in her direction, but Emery pretended not to notice.
    “You’ll get to know my boys. They’re all good, good men.”
    “So, can I ask you a question, Molly?”
    “Sure.”
    “You seem pretty attached to Jesse. Why didn’t you choose him, or were you and Carter already married when you met him?”
    Molly lit up. “Nope. I actually met all the guys at the same time when I came in for my first race last year. As much as I love them all, there was just something about Carter. Like I told Jesse one time, it was just chemistry. I knew from the first time Carter smiled at me and then every time he touched me. I felt tingles and sparks. I still do.”
    Molly’s smile ran ear to ear , and Emery couldn’t help but mirror her.
    “It was love at first sight.”
    “Chemistry, huh?” Emery snorted in disbelief.
    That same word rang through her head, only in his voice. Not wanting to acknowledge her feelings was one thing, but she wasn’t able to hide from the truth. What she felt the times he had touched her, it was exactly what Molly had described. The tingles, the way it was hard to