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“You’re right, maybe things have changed, but I’ll bet you twenty bucks that your inspection on your car is expired right now.”
She rolls her lips and tries to hide her smile because I’m right. “Mr. Byrne, your know-it-all attitude won’t get you anywhere in this town.”
With a smug grin, I reply, “No, but my charm and good looks will.”
She huffs but I see the fire in her eyes. “I’ll leave you to your boys’ night.” She turns on her heel, flipping her brown hair over her shoulder. My eyes drop right to her ass as she heads back to her sister.
“Eyesoffthe prize, Matt,” Danny chuckles beside me. “Damn, if I didn’t know better…”
“Don’t go there. it’s just two old friends having fun.”
Just fun. There’s no room for me in her life anymore.
Chapter6
Kylie
“Are you done flirting with your ex-boyfriend?” My sister’s sarcastic tone doesn’t go unnoticed as I take the seat next to her. Another week passed where Patrick was home for two days before flying back out to take care of ‘work stuff’ with his dad. Another weekend is upon us where he said he’d be home for dinner on Friday, and now he's saying he won’t be back till Monday. And don’t even get me started about the fact that I had to cancel our second, well, technically his first, wedding planning meeting.
“Are you done staring at the guy you pretend to hate?” She purses her lips and turns away from me. “I can see right through you even if you’re not looking at me, ya know. You need to get over it and give Danny another chance.”
She turns to me, wide-eyed. “What! Are you crazy? Another chance to play jokes on me? Pick fights with me? He made me insane.”
I grab the drink the bartender puts down in front of me and twirl the glass. “Crazy in love.”
“Whatever.”
“Also, I was not flirting, I was making sure he found my notes about the event. Have you done your part?”
She scoffs. “Of course I’ve done my part. The town loves this winery and they just want an excuse to get together. There isn’t much to do when the love is already there.”
“I’d like to do something to honor his uncle. Any ideas?”
She side-eyes me with a smirk. “You're doing a lot to make sure this wine event is great for him.”
I shrug, sipping from my drink, refusing to look at her. “I know being back here is hard for him.”
“Hard for him, or hard for you seeing him here?”
I wave my hand. “I know Matt. Once he got a taste of life outside of this town, I knew he wouldn't come back again.”No matter what we had said. “So after all this time of being away, I can only imagine he’s going through a rough transition right now.”
She smiles at me. “Do you know why I love you?”
“You’re my sister and it’s in the rule book.”
She laughs, “That too. But it’s because you're always thinking of others first. Even with all the turmoil in your own head right now, you still have the biggest heart for everyone else.”
I love my sister. She always makes me feel okay with whatever I’m doing. If pulling her in to plan this wine event ends up with her getting a full-time job at the winery, that’d be amazing. She deserves to do what she loves. And having her there would help alleviate some of the stress for Matt. Everyone is in a win-win situation.
Except me.
“I overheard Patrick talking to his father about starting up a secondary office out west. He wants to move there eventually. I thought he just wanted to go back to the city, which is bad enough, but no way could I move across the country.”
She turns to me with concern in her eyes. “I can tell by your tone of voice you're not happy.”
I let out a frustrated breath. “How can I go through with this wedding?”
“You don't have to. If you’re not happy, stop this now.”
