But she just swatted at the air as if a thank you were completely unnecessary.It was still drizzling a bit as Shelby walked up with an extra-large umbrella.
“Just when you think my life can’t get any more disastrous,” Miranda said.
“Look on the bright side, all these men just rolled up with supplies and a plan.I swear Wes is so hot,” Shelby said.
“Oh my word, you two are so ridiculously in love.”Miranda noticed how Wes caught Shelby drooling over him and winked.The man was literally a grump for everyone but Shelby.
“I’ve got some juicy gossip to share with you while we watch.Wanna go sit in the warm, dry car to chat?”
“I feel like I should be helping.”
“Uh, there are two grown men with hammers, two boys who are dying to use a hammer, and Levi on video chat.I think they’ve got it covered.Come on,” Shelby said, turning back toward her SUV and getting in the driver’s seat.
Climbing into the still-warm cab of the car, Andy could feel her body start to thaw.“I didn’t realize how chilly it was out there.”
“Well, you’re half drenched, so sit back and dry out while I tell you the juiciest secret that this town has heard in years.”
“Or since I got engaged to a man twice my age?”
“Or that lapse in judgment fueled by fear and desperation.”
“Thank you.”
“Okay, but first I have to swear you to secrecy,” Shelby said holding out her pinkie finger.
“Oh my, this is juicy.Are we ten again?”And they both broke out giggling.
“Renn Walker is the fourth Hart brother,” Shelby said pointing to the man that Miranda had given her virginity to, the man who had saved Beast and who she couldn’t seem to stop watching.
“What?Since when is there a fourth?”
“Exactly.Turns out Mr.Hart had an affair ten years before he died.”
“No way.And he’s just showing up now?”
“Yep.”
“And the boys didn’t know he existed?”
“Nope.”
“But I bet Mrs.Hart did.”
“Yep.”
“Wow,” she said, sinking back into the seat.
“I know.”
They both sat back in their seats and watched as Renn handed Jeremy a hammer and some nails and then held up a large portion of metal fencing against the wood barn.He’d taken off his raincoat, and his T-shirt was starting to stick to him as he talked Jeremy through where to put the nails.She could see his biceps and forearms flex as he held the large piece of fence in place.
“And he’s just as handsome as his half-brothers, if you ask me,” Shelby said, then looked to Miranda who had her hands over her mouth in shock.
She’d slept with a Hart and hadn’t even known it.
“Wait a minute, is he the tall, gorgeous stranger you met at Hooligans and then spent the hottest night of your life with?”Shelby squealed.
She just hung her head before she nodded.“You’re sworn to secrecy,” Miranda reminded her.
