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When he reached over and put the bow in her hair she blushed.
“What the fuck?” I mumbled.
“I know it can be hard to get it where you want it, but just put a little bit of hot glue, position it, then you can add more to secure it.”
Looking at Rory, who was concentrating on gluing, I simply said, “Got it.”
Reaching for my beer, I took a long pull from it and set it down. I attempted to focus on the work at hand but couldn’t stop myself from glancing over to Clare and Alex. He wastalking about something while she rested her chin on her hand, completely enraptured by the guy.
“What do you think they’re talking about?” I asked as I motioned over to them.
Rory glanced over her shoulder then back to me. A huge smile on her face. “Whatever it is, he has Clare’s full attention. I’m so glad they’re hitting it off. Clare hasn’t been herself lately and I’m not sure why. I think a guy broke her heart, but she won’t tell me or Autumn about it.”
“What makes you say that?”
She lifted her shoulder. “Just call it intuition.”
“Was she dating anyone?”
“No, like I said, she hasn’t said anything, but a woman can just tell when another woman is feeling down. I think someone said something about her weight too.” She added a bit of anger to her voice.
“What?” I croaked out. “Why?”
“Last night on the phone she asked me if I thought she had put on some weight. Which is crazy. Clare has an amazing body.” She looked at me. “You’re a guy, do you think she has a nice body?”
My eyes jerked back over to Clare. She was wearing jeans and a light blue sweater. Her hair was pulled up into a high ponytail and she looked fucking amazing.
“Um, well, I mean, it’s Clare.”
“What does that mean?” Rory asked with a stern look on her face.
“That’s like asking me if I think you have a nice body.”
Rory laughed. “It is no such thing.”
I looked at my sister-in-law. “So, if I said I thought Clare had body men would love to get their hands on, you wouldn’t be mad?”
Rory tilted her head and regarded me. “If for any moment I thought you liked Clare, I would totally be okay with you thinking she’s hot. I mean, you can, of course, think she is without liking her, but I was just asking your thoughts.”
“Why do you think I don’t like Clare?”
“Well, for starters, you’ve done nothing but shoot daggers at her since she got here.”
I scoffed. “I have not. And for the record, I like her just fine. She’s…she’s…”
Letting my gaze drift her way once again, I had to keep from jumping up and hitting Alex. He had his hands on her. Well, he was brushing something off her face…but every guy knows that’s just the beginning.
“Yes?” Rory asked, following my gaze.
“She’s a friend.”
When I looked back down at Rory, she was smirking. “Wes, why did it look like you just wanted to rip Alex’s head off when he was wiping something off of Clare’s face?”
Laughing, I said, “Rory, you’re reading into things. I could not care less what Alex does to Clare.”
“Right, if you say so,” Rory replied with a smile.
We spent the next few minutes gluing in silence while I did my best not to look over at Clare and Alex.
