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Alex smiled warmly, like a woman who knew herself well, even though Jocelyn had already seen enough of her to know otherwise. It was comforting, considering her own small struggle.
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The next morning, Alex grabbed the jangling telephone. Her happy conversation suggested that she’d scored some triumph. Hanging up, she made the announcement, “She’s coming!”
Will stood in the kitchen with a carton of milk in his hand taking a long drink.
“Who’s she?”
“Jocelyn.”
“You invited Jocelyn? I thought she was in London?”
“She’s home.”
“Reggie doesn’t know that.”
“I know.”
“He doesn’t know. Is she running out on him?”
“Not if I can help it.”
“What are you cooking up?” he asked his wife suspiciously.
“You know we had that conversation about Reg the other night. I think they really want to be together, they just don’t know it.”
“And you’re going to see that they do?”
“I’m just giving them the opportunity to see each other, since there seems to be a little impasse there.”
“It’s likely to backfire, babe, and you know what that means?”
“Yeah, Reg will be blistering my ass for interfering. And you know, I don’t care. He’s a friend. I consider it the least I can do.”
“You’re on your own with this.”
“But you won’t warn him?” she asked.
“Hey, I’m out of it. As far as I’m concerned, Jocelyn Killian will be crashing our party without invitation.”
Alex put her arms around him, kissing him affectionately. “You really are a darling.”
“You watch your ass, Alex,” he warned, gently patting her bottom. “I won’t protect you from Reg, you know that.”
“Did I ask you to?” Her lips formed the most tantalizing smirk, which made Will lean in and kiss her again.
Chapter Twelve
The water was like glass. The sun beamed joyfully in a sky dotted with white puffy clouds that suggested it would be a perfect day to enjoy the lake.
Alex was glad that Reggie was already on the boat when Jocelyn arrived. He was in the stateroom below going over nautical stuff with Will. She greeted the exuberant woman with a smile and a rush of excitement. It had been sometime since Alex had such a delicious time manipulating anything. She couldn’t wait to see Reggie’s face, and Jocelyn’s, too. She wasn’t sure how the woman would react; she might well be sacrificing a friend doing this. But Jocelyn needed a little shaking up. She certainly didn’t need to be hiding from Reggie.
“I’m so glad you’re here,” she said, as her arm surrounded the woman’s inviting body. For an instant, she could imagine other things with Jocelyn, her desires for women not having totally vanished; they’d simply been squelched since her marriage to Will.
“You couldn’t have picked a better day. I admit, I’m chicken. I don’t want to go out on choppy seas. I didn’t make my final decision until I saw the morning sky and listened to the weather report.”
