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“You don’t have a twin, Fiona.” But this time, his voice held less certainty.
“I do. Ask Amanda. My parents. They all knew, and they didn’t tell me. I’m sorry that she went to you pretending to be me. I really am.”
Freddie frowned, his gaze still incredulous. “It really wasn’t you?”
She shook her head.
He stumbled back a step, his hands dropping from her. “I thought…she looked and soundedexactlylike you. She told me that she forgave me…”
Even though this man didn’t deserve her sympathy, she couldn’t help but feel just a drop. Maybe because of the devastation on his face or the disbelief in his eyes. Either way, a woman had tricked him, had sex with him, and played with his head.
“I don’t know why she did that,” Fiona said quietly. It was all she could offer.
A car pulled up behind Jenny’s, and her lips parted when she saw Callum and Liam climb out. Both looked ready to kill.
* * *
“Second first datein two weeks and still no connection?” Callum asked Liam as he took a right turn. They were on their way to grab some stuff from the grocery store for the kitchen at work. Cassie usually went, but she’d taken a few days of leave.
He chuckled. “Nope. I should give up while I’m ahead, shouldn’t I?”
Callum’s lips twitched. “No. You should stay out in the dating pool until you find a woman who makes you want to go on a second date.”
“I don’t know, Cal. I don’t know if that’s in the cards for me like it is with you guys.”
Callum laughed. Women fell all over themselves for Liam. No way was he getting away withnotdating. “You just haven’t found her yet.”
“I’m not in a rush.” Liam leaned his head back against the headrest. “You and Fiona are doing pretty well.”
More than well. He loved her, and he was well and truly ready to tell her. “I feel so damn lucky to have met her.”
The chances of meeting a woman who just got you and made you feel as much as Fiona did were slim. For him, anyway. Yet it had happened. Luckiest man on the damn planet.
“I’m happy for you.”
Callum turned the corner…and his eyes narrowed at the scene halfway down the road. A car was parked almost on the sidewalk, and another sat on an angle in front of it.
It took him another second to realize the couple outside one of the cars was Fiona and Freddie.
“What thefuck?”
He slammed his foot on the brake behind what he now realized was Jenny’s car and jumped out. Before he could reach Freddie, Fiona stepped in front of Callum and touched his chest. “It’s okay.”
“What did I tell you about staying away from her?” Callum shouted. He should have broken the fucker’s arm the last time he’d pulled a stunt like this.
When Freddie didn’t respond, didn’t even look at him, Callum tried to sidestep around Fiona, but she mirrored him, keeping her palm on his chest.
“Callum. I’m okay,” she said quietly.
A beat of silence passed before finally his gaze shifted down to her. “You sure?” He scanned her body, checking every inch he could see.
She nodded.
His gaze shifted to Jenny, who stood to the side of the road, arms around her waist in a defensive gesture. “Areyouokay?”
She nodded.
Fine. The asshole would live another day.
