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“Same thing.”
“June bug,” Mav greets in his deep voice, and I nearly forget why I’ve been ignoring the man. He smirks and I remember. He’s a movie star who’s playing at being with me. He’s not really interested in me as a person. Hell, he’s not interested in the wildlife refuge except as a tax write-off.
I tag his hand and pull him toward the edge of the yard. “What are you doing here?” I hiss at him. “You’ve blown your cover.”
“No, he hasn’t,” Sage says before Maverick can respond. “We’ve known Rickie owned the Wildlife Refuge since he bought it.”
“Nothing is sacred in this town,” I grumble.
“Sacred refers to—”
I shove my palm in Lilac’s direction. I don’t need a lecture on the proper use of the word sacred right now.
“Can’t you give us some space to have a private conversation?” I ask when I notice everyone followed us.
“Why would we do that?” Aspen asks.
“I’ve never met a movie star before. I want an autograph,” Ashlyn adds.
I roll my eyes at her. “You’re a big fat liar. Half of your college graduating class became movie stars.”
“I wouldn’t say stars,” she mumbles.
“Who is this man?” Lilac asks.
“It’s Maverick Langston. If you’d been to any of Juniper’s monthly movie nights, you’d recognize him,” Ashlyn explains.
“Enough!” I shout loud enough for the entire town to hear me. “Everyone needs to back off before the revealing of secrets begins.”
“I don’t have any secrets,” Sage shouts.
I cock an eyebrow. “How about the time I saw you—”
“Let’s give Juniper and Rickie some space,” she says before I can finish tattling on her. She herds everyone toward the house.
“Now,” I turn my attention to Mav, “what can I do for you?”
“You can stop running away.”
Me? I’m the one running away? As if.
He reaches for me, and I bat his hands away. He sighs. “I’m done playing around Juniper. I want you. You want me. It’s time to see where this can go.”
I know exactly where it will go. It’s this place I refer to as heartbreak city. No thanks.
“Not interested,” I tell him before marching away.
