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41 " A dark-haired man whose name Jackson couldn’t remember spoke up. “Shit, no way, Sharpe. Is that his name? I had no idea. I mean, it’s not like we’ve been having staff meetings with him for weeks or anything. I’m pretty sure we all know each other’s names.”There was a moment of awkward silence as Jackson stared at the man who was not Cole, not Lincoln, whose name was…Fuck. He had no idea. "
― Lauren Layne , I Wish You Were Mine (Oxford, #2)
42 " It was on the tip of Jackson’s tongue to snap that Lincoln wouldn’t be doing anyone, but he bit it back. He didn’t care whom Mollie slept with. Maybe if he repeated it enough, it would be true. "
43 " Lincoln lifted an eyebrow at the expression on Jackson’s face. “You know it’s supposed to be the actual people going on the date that get cold feet, right? Not the one doing the matchmaking? "
44 " You fishing for compliments, Burke?”“From a hot young thang in a short red dress? You betcha.”“A hot young thang who’s about to go out with your friend.”“Ah. Right. That.”Tell me not to go. Tell me I should be dating you instead. But of course he wouldn’t. Only in her fantasies. "
45 " They’re unusual because they’re bonded for life. Most organisms sleep around or, you know, the male dies after mating— "
46 " He’d been keeping his distance. He’d had to. But today he didn’t want to. He wanted to see her. Needed to see her. "
47 " As she stared at the man she’d once harbored an unhealthy crush on—a crush she was no longer at all sure had dissipated—she realized that the answer to his question was everything. She had everything to lose. "
48 " The last thing either of them needed was for her to start rekindling her long-ago crush. "