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ass if he did.
    “How’s married life treating ya?” Breck eyed him and Jace could tell he’d asked just to try and dig up some dirt.
    “Fantastic. You?” Breck’s words reminded him how Betsy had stood with her door partially closed while he tried to talk to her. Did she think she had to hide something from him? He couldn’t stop himself from wondering what it was all about. He’d almost asked her, but he worried about overstepping his bounds.
    “Incredible. You’ve seen my wife, right? She’s amazing.” Breck grinned at him and Jace couldn’t be happier for his friend.
    And he agreed with Breck. Rowan was incredible, but… “As is Betsy.” Which was true. Jace found that while living with her, it was a struggle not to notice everything about her and remember their laughs and the one kiss they’d shared.
    They both turned their attention to Kade. Even though Breck was the newcomer, he knew the story of how Sidney and Kade fell in love. That they’d been best friends all their lives. That Sidney had moved away only to come back five years later and fall in love with Kade.
    It was Breck who spoke up. “What about you? You and Sidney have the longest running love story, but the two of us are married and you’re not.”
    Kade shook his head at Breck. “That’s because we’re obviously more sentimental than you shmucks.”
    Sidney and Kade were planning a summer wedding. They’d be tying the knot exactly one year from the day she’d moved back to Shamrock Falls.
    “Weddings are important to women,” Kade continued. “Peaches and I don’t want to throw something together at the last second. We’re planning it slowly and with each other.”
    Jace grimaced, guilt pouring over him. Kade seemed to realize what he’d said and caught Jace’s eye. “I didn’t mean—”
    “Don’t worry about it. Betsy and I knew our rush wouldn’t be a popular decision, but it was what was right for us.” And by “us” he meant himself. In his rush to get their six months started he’d taken something away from her that she’d possibly dreamed about her whole life—planning the perfect wedding.
    Smooth move, Macnamara.
    “Hey. Don’t worry about it. I bought plane tickets to Vegas before I even asked Houdini to marry me and it was done the next day. I don’t think she regrets it,” Breck tried to cover.
    No, Rowan didn’t. Jace knew that, but their situation was different.
    “But then, Row was marrying me. That had to count for something. I’m a damn good catch,” Breck continued and Jace couldn’t help but smile at his antics.
    From there they went into Breck and Rowan’s baby girl, who was due only four months away, in May. They were trying to pick out a name but couldn’t seem to agree on one.
    Breck talked about fishing trips with Rowan, and Kade went on about some new upgrades Sidney had in mind for Lucky’s. The longer they spoke the lonelier Jace felt. It was a strange feeling, especially because it almost seemed like it came from nowhere. But then he guessed it could be because he’d watched his friends pair up around him. Now they believed Jace had the same thing, but in reality Jace didn’t have the same stories to tell about Betsy that they had about Rowan and Sidney.
    But then…maybe he did. He and Betsy were friends. He trusted her in ways he didn’t trust the women he dated and could talk to her—hell, maybe they were more similar than he thought.
    When he got home, Jace slowly pushed the door open, and his blood ran cold at the sound of Betsy’s scream. As quickly and quietly as he could, Jace bolted for Betsy’s room, worry burning through him. Her door was slightly open. His heart slammed and pounded.
    “No! Oh my God!” she screeched.
    Jace pushed the door open. Froze. And watched.
    “I can’t believe you missed that field goal!” she yelled at the TV. She had her back to him and stood on her bed, with her hand in her hair. He was shocked to see a football game on TV. It