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narrowed on Grace and then fell to the barely eaten salad.
“Who wants dessert?” Grace asked, throwing her napkin on the plate to hide the evidence of her lack of appetite.
“What did you make?” Tara asked.
“Blueberry pie,” Grace said, pushing her chair back from the table. It was one of the few things she hadn’t ruined.
“Absolutely,” Tara said.
Grace looked around to see everyone else’s nod of assent, but she avoided looking at Paige.
“Coming up,” Grace said, grabbing her plate and heading for the kitchen.
She pushed through the door and dumped the food from her plate into the trash before she put it with the stack by the sink. She washed her hands and grabbed a pie cutter from a drawer. As she made her way to the counter where the pie was cooling, she heard someone pushing through the kitchen door.
“So, are you going to tell me what’s going on?”
Grace turned to find Paige leaning against the counter. She stretched to the side, the green material of her dress pulling over her belly as she rubbed at her ribs.
“Trevor kicking?” Grace asked as she reached above her for a stack of plates.
“He’s just making camp in my ribs. What’s going on, Grace?” Paige repeated.
“Nothing.”
“I didn’t know you were lying to me these days.”
“I don’t want to talk about it.”
“Does this have to do with what happened at the bar last night with Jax?”
“I swear Brendan gossips like an old married woman,” Grace said, turning to frown at Paige.
“He’s worried about you.”
“About what?” Grace asked, turning back to the pie and slicing it. “There’s nothing to worry about.”
“Bullshit.”
Grace’s hand stilled and she looked over to Paige again. Brendan’s hadn’t been the only heart Paige had made her way into. Paige had quickly become one of Grace’s best friends, and she truly did think of her as a sister. She trusted Paige in every sense of the word.
“Jax came over here this morning to apologize about last night. Except he didn’t really know what he’d done to upset me. And then I started yelling at him about not seeing what was right in front of his face. And then he kissed me.”
“He what ?” Paige asked, her mouth falling open.
“God, Paige, he kissed me,” Grace said, dropping the cutter in the pie and turning to her. “And it wasn’t just a simple little peck on the lips. It was a full body attack. He pushed me back against the counter, picked me up, and sat me down on top of it. His hands were everywhere, and so were mine. It was so much more than I’d ever imagined. It was…it was everything . Up until the part where he told me it shouldn’t have happened. That it had been a mistake.”
“He said what ?” Paige asked as the softness on her face disappeared. Her eyebrows came together in an angry line and her lips bunched up. “If that man were standing in front of me right now I’d slap him in the face.”
“Right, you’d hit Jax,” Grace said skeptically.
“Fine, I wouldn’t. But I would throw a drink in his face and I’d blame it on my pregnancy hormones.”
“Now I’d pay to see that.”
“Well, you just wait. Jaxson Anderson will have a cold drink in his face very soon.”
“Oh, I’m sure,” Grace said, returning to her pie slicing. She started dishing it out, placing the plates on the counter. “Promise me you won’t tell Brendan,” Grace said. “All I need is for him to find out and give Jax a lecture or something.”
“I don’t tell Brendan everything,” Paige said, feigning offense.
“Really. Tell me something you’ve never told him.”
Paige’s mouth bunched to the side and her brow furrowed. “I’ve got nothing,” she said, shaking her head.
“That’s what I thought.”
“I’m sure there’s something; I just can’t think of it. I’m going to blame it on pregnancy brain. But, don’t worry. I won’t say anything to Brendan, even though I think Jax needs a good smack upside
“Who wants dessert?” Grace asked, throwing her napkin on the plate to hide the evidence of her lack of appetite.
“What did you make?” Tara asked.
“Blueberry pie,” Grace said, pushing her chair back from the table. It was one of the few things she hadn’t ruined.
“Absolutely,” Tara said.
Grace looked around to see everyone else’s nod of assent, but she avoided looking at Paige.
“Coming up,” Grace said, grabbing her plate and heading for the kitchen.
She pushed through the door and dumped the food from her plate into the trash before she put it with the stack by the sink. She washed her hands and grabbed a pie cutter from a drawer. As she made her way to the counter where the pie was cooling, she heard someone pushing through the kitchen door.
“So, are you going to tell me what’s going on?”
Grace turned to find Paige leaning against the counter. She stretched to the side, the green material of her dress pulling over her belly as she rubbed at her ribs.
“Trevor kicking?” Grace asked as she reached above her for a stack of plates.
“He’s just making camp in my ribs. What’s going on, Grace?” Paige repeated.
“Nothing.”
“I didn’t know you were lying to me these days.”
“I don’t want to talk about it.”
“Does this have to do with what happened at the bar last night with Jax?”
“I swear Brendan gossips like an old married woman,” Grace said, turning to frown at Paige.
“He’s worried about you.”
“About what?” Grace asked, turning back to the pie and slicing it. “There’s nothing to worry about.”
“Bullshit.”
Grace’s hand stilled and she looked over to Paige again. Brendan’s hadn’t been the only heart Paige had made her way into. Paige had quickly become one of Grace’s best friends, and she truly did think of her as a sister. She trusted Paige in every sense of the word.
“Jax came over here this morning to apologize about last night. Except he didn’t really know what he’d done to upset me. And then I started yelling at him about not seeing what was right in front of his face. And then he kissed me.”
“He what ?” Paige asked, her mouth falling open.
“God, Paige, he kissed me,” Grace said, dropping the cutter in the pie and turning to her. “And it wasn’t just a simple little peck on the lips. It was a full body attack. He pushed me back against the counter, picked me up, and sat me down on top of it. His hands were everywhere, and so were mine. It was so much more than I’d ever imagined. It was…it was everything . Up until the part where he told me it shouldn’t have happened. That it had been a mistake.”
“He said what ?” Paige asked as the softness on her face disappeared. Her eyebrows came together in an angry line and her lips bunched up. “If that man were standing in front of me right now I’d slap him in the face.”
“Right, you’d hit Jax,” Grace said skeptically.
“Fine, I wouldn’t. But I would throw a drink in his face and I’d blame it on my pregnancy hormones.”
“Now I’d pay to see that.”
“Well, you just wait. Jaxson Anderson will have a cold drink in his face very soon.”
“Oh, I’m sure,” Grace said, returning to her pie slicing. She started dishing it out, placing the plates on the counter. “Promise me you won’t tell Brendan,” Grace said. “All I need is for him to find out and give Jax a lecture or something.”
“I don’t tell Brendan everything,” Paige said, feigning offense.
“Really. Tell me something you’ve never told him.”
Paige’s mouth bunched to the side and her brow furrowed. “I’ve got nothing,” she said, shaking her head.
“That’s what I thought.”
“I’m sure there’s something; I just can’t think of it. I’m going to blame it on pregnancy brain. But, don’t worry. I won’t say anything to Brendan, even though I think Jax needs a good smack upside
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