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like I’m in the mood for your bullshit right now?”
    He grabbed her arms. “What girl?”
    She took a deep breath as her eyes started to gloss over. “The girl with the auburn hair. You were running your hands through it.”
    There were so many thoughts racing through his head. “That’s what this is about? That’s why you blocked my number and stood me up?”
    “Well yeah,” she said. “I know we didn’t say that we were exclusive but I thought it was different with you.” She looked down at her skinned knee. “I guess I was wrong. I’m not the kind of girl that is okay with that.”
    “Either am I,” Connor said.
    “You’re not that kind of girl?” Rebecca asked with a smirk.
    “Rebecca, that girl is my sister. Roxy.”
    Her face dropped. “Are you sure?” she asked, scratching her temple.
    Connor laughed as warmth radiated through his body. It was all a misunderstanding. A giant misunderstanding that meant there was still a chance for them.
    “Yes I’m sure,” he said. “I’ll introduce you. You’ll love her.”
    Rebecca winced. “Oh Connor,” she said, shaking her head. “I ruined everything.”
    He cupped her cheek and kissed her softly on the lips. “Are you kidding?” he whispered. “This is the happiest moment of my life.”
    She wrapped her hand around the back of his neck and pulled his head towards hers. This time she kissed him. Connor couldn’t kiss her back properly because he had a grin on his face that could not be contained.
    “Hey slut!” a voice called out from behind them. Connor turned his head and Mark was walking towards them with his three friends beside him.
    “Let me handle this,” Connor whispered to Rebecca. He went to stand up but she pulled him back down.
    “No,” she said, with a fierceness in her eyes. “He’s all mine.”
    Rebecca stood up and marched right up to Mark, clutching her hands into fists by her side.
    “We’re done,” she hissed at him. “You’ve been nothing but rotten to me for years. You made me feel ugly and weak. I can’t believe that I almost married you.”
    “So what?” he asked, trying to look tough in front of his friends. “You’re going to marry this guy? This freak of nature?”
    She turned back and looked at Connor with glowing cheeks. “You bet your ass I am.”
    “You’re not going to embarrass me like this again,” he said stepping forward and reaching for her.
    Connor was about to rush forward when Rebecca threw a right jab that landed with a smack on Mark’s nose. Before he could react her left fist flew forward in a roundhouse and connected with his jaw. His knees gave out under him and he collapsed into his friend’s arms.
    “And I’m taking Lucky,” she said, as he looked up at her through dazed eyes.
     

twelve
     
     
     
    Rebecca sat up on her towel and handed the sexy bear shifter her bottle of suntan lotion. The sun in Anguilla was as hot as her shirtless, tanned mate.
    After she had escaped from her wedding she jumped in the car with Connor and they drove to her apartment to rescue Lucky and get some of her clothes. They then drove to New Hampshire, stopping every hour or so, for some heavy making out.
    Rebecca was the one who had booked her and Mark’s honeymoon and she still had the vouchers. She wasn’t about to let two plane tickets to Anguilla go to waste. They left Lucky with Connor’s sister Roxy and headed to the airport as quickly as they could. Rebecca had seen a poster of Anguilla one time, with the white, powdery sand beaches and turquoise blue water and convinced Mark to go there on their honeymoon. She had rented a private villa on a secluded beach with his credit card.
    Connor squirted a glob of suntan lotion into his palm and rubbed it on Rebecca’s shoulders. His touch still gave her shivers even in the hot sun. His firm fingers rubbed the lotion into her skin, massaging her muscles at the same time. He slid his hand under her bikini strap, trying to cover all of her