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Okay, that was good.

“But this way Bailey had a chance to hear about the growth Leo had removed from the back of his neck,” Kennedy said.

Bennett frowned.“Wait, Leo had a growth on his neck?”That didn’t sound good.

“No.”

Bennett sighed.“Got it.”

Yeah, there was no way Bailey was coming back down here to face this group.Unless she had a specific mission.Or someone with her.Tori and the rest weren’t out of the woods for sure, but they’d definitely scared Bailey off for today.

“And you making me wait also made you feel a little bad, so that was like sprinkles on top,” Kennedy added.

“Not bad enough not to expect payment for services today,” Bennett told her.“In case that’s what you’re thinking.”

“Payment?You’re not on retainer or something?”

“Not for this.”He wasn’t on retainer anyway.He was a partner in the business, for God’s sake.Their legal issues were his.And he was trying not to think about that too hard because the Landrys were a bunch of wildcards, to say the least.

“So how much is this going to be?”Kennedy asked.

“We’ll talk about it when I get there.”

“You’re coming here?When?”

“Today.”

“Oh.”

He could picture her expression now, too.She was trying to look annoyed because she was trying to convince everyone around her—and herself—that shewasannoyed.But it was mixed with a bit of anticipation, because they both always enjoyed their flirtation and banter, along with a dash of mischief, because she loved to give him shit and was trying to think of ways to do that when she saw him.

“I’ll see you soon,” he told her, making sure there was a hint of promise in his voice.

“Lucky you.”

He hung up, chuckling.And definitely in a hurry to get to Autre.

2

Guys in suitswho used multiple forks at dinner and who were referred to as “Mr.”—unsarcastically—just weren’t her type.

But damn, when Bennett Baxter went all lawyerly and came to her defense, it was kind of hot.

It was also very hot when he showed up in Autre in jeans and T-shirts.

So, it was helpful when he tried to do things like use power tools or fish.Because then Kennedy was reminded that he might be very nice to look at and very fun to flirt with, but he was, in the end, of no real use to her.

Kennedy sighed as everyone cleared out of the office and she tried to go back to work.And ignore the butterflies in her stomach at the knowledge that she was going to get to see Bennett in a few hours.The damned butterflies that made her realize that the whole useless-around-the-bayou thing was becoming less and less an issue.And her attraction to him was becoming more and more an issue.But she would admit that only when she was alone.And only in her weaker moments.Like right before lunch when her blood sugar dropped.

But, low blood sugar or not, there was definitely a spark between them that made her feel that they could have some amazingly hot sex, and it had been a long time since she’d done that.Incidentally, that sex had also been with a guy who was all wrong for her.Not at all in the way Bennett was wrong for her.More in the your-grandmother-hates-me-and-I’m-going-to-end-up-in-jail way.Bennett wasn’t wrong in that way at all.Her grandmother loved him, in fact.He was just very different from her.

She lived on the bayou.She worked on the bayou.Her entire family lived and worked on the bayou.Bennett loved the bayou, but in a fascinated-outsider kind of way.A guy who knew the legal statutes around…okay, she didn’t know a single legal statute to quote as an example…but who couldn’t rewire her ceiling fan or get the wasps’ nest down from the eaves of her grandmother’s house or fix the engine on airboat number two in time for the afternoon tour really wasn’t helpful at all.

That didn’t mean she couldn’t enjoy him for a sweaty night or two though.

If he’d just been some tourist down for a swamp boat tour or a fishing expedition, she would have had him pushed up against the office door and his clearly newly purchased blue jeans around his ankles in no time.

But she’d resisted because he was a friend of her brother’s.Both of her brothers.And her cousin.Not because they were protective and would throw a fit.Theywereprotective, but they loved Bennett and they found his effect on her quite amusing.

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