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“Yeah, okay.”

Neither of us seemed to want to hang up.

“Rory.”

“Yeah?”

“That was the best fucking sex of my life. So, if you think I’m going to let you walk away from me, you can think again.”

My stomach quivered and my ovaries did backflips. “Okay.”

He sounded satisfied. “See you tomorrow.”

“Night.”

I wasn’t sure how we’d moved from me crushing on Max from afar to him kicking down doors and demanding that he would not let me go, but here we were. And I liked it. Way too much.

CHAPTER 38

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I heard that Rory is the team diva. She complains about everything. The flight, the food, the hours. No one is sure why she bothers showing up for work when she does nothing. #SOS

CHAPTER 39

An hourafter my plane landed, my parents and I headed up to Whistler. Calder’s parents had rented a deluxe five-bedroom log cabin that came with two stone fireplaces, an outdoor hot tub, and antler chandeliers. Someone had gone to a lot of work, to decorate the place with three Christmas trees and a variety of other decorations.

The only thing I wanted to do was lie down but I forced myself to head downstairs, where Betty and Mom visited over a bottle of wine.

“Where are the guys?”

Mom’s lips twitched. “I think they headed to town to get last minute Christmas gifts.”

“Calder too?”

Betty smiled. “He hasn’t arrived yet. He said he’d drive up here himself. After dinner.”

That bastard. Why hadn’t I thought of doing that? “Okay.”

Betty studied me. “Are you dating anyone?”

Avoiding eye contact with Mom, I shook my head. “I’m way too busy for a relationship.”

Betty smiled at me with hearts in her eyes. “You know, Calder is single.”

God help me.

“You know, I have some lovely single girlfriends.”

Her expression fell. “I hoped that you and Calder would learn to enjoy each other’s company.”

I worked to not let my smile slip. “Calder isn’t interested in me. He’s made that clear.”

Mom hid her smile behind her wineglass.

“I had no idea.”

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