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excited and talk about it for weeks while she was
saving up to buy it. It was the cutest thing.”
    “Grace isn’t like that now,” Charlie said.
“She is responsible with her money. She knows what’s important.”
    That she did. She hadn’t purchased a
pricey handbag since her son was born.
    Her
son.
    Grace felt fear wash over her. What if
Charlie mentioned something about Jake? She hadn’t told him that Jamie was her
son’s father. She hadn’t even told him that Jamie didn’t know she had a child.
    She had to get them out of here.
    Jamie kept going.
    “I wouldn’t call it irresponsible. It was
what made you happy, right Grace? Like you, Bradden. I saw your BMW out there
when you pulled up.”
    Charlie looked uncomfortable. “And what do
you drive, Castleton?”
    “A truck. It’s great for hauling things at
the brewery.” He buttered his bread calmly, feigning innocence. “What does your
BMW do?”
    Charlie sputtered. “Is that a serious
question?”
    “Just wondering what responsible reason
you bought it for.” Jamie smiled a cheeky smile that Grace knew all too well,
and she couldn’t help but laugh.
    Charlie shot her a disapproving look, and
she stopped.
    Bad Grace. Bad.
    “I wouldn’t compare a car to a handbag,”
Charlie said.
    Jamie shrugged. “To each his own.”
    Were they fighting over her? Or cars and
handbags? Grace was really confused.
    The waitress served their appetizer, fried
calamari. Jamie leaned over Grace for the sauce and placed his hand on her
knee.
    She gasped and looked at him, and he
merely raised an eyebrow. She didn’t say anything, even though he didn’t move
his hand. Charlie noticed nothing amiss.
    “So, this is your date night restaurant,
huh? Nice place.” Jamie inched his hand slightly up her thigh under her skirt,
and she remained frozen in her seat.
    “We like it,” Charlie said. “It’s Grace’s new
favorite restaurant.”
    “Really?” The hand kept moving. “Italian
restaurants used to be your favorite.”
    “Used to be,” she said quietly, biting her
bottom lip as the hand reached the top of her inner thigh and froze.
    “Right.” He smiled knowingly at her. “I
guess Italian restaurants in Virginia aren’t as good as the ones in New York.”
    “Yes.” She was paralyzed in a state of
indecision. Part of her craved his touch, and she wanted to drag him out to the
parking lot and make out with him like they were in high school. The other part
of her wanted to smack his hand away.
    Before she could make up her mind, Jamie
slipped his hand out of her skirt and placed it back on the table.
    He rose. “Well, I’d better get going.”
    “You’re leaving?” She looked up at him,
confused and a little disappointed.
    “Yes. It was good seeing you both.”
    Charlie looked more confused and
uncomfortable than Grace had ever seen him. “We haven’t even ordered yet.”
    “I thought you were going to eat with us,”
she said.
    “Don’t worry, Grace. You don’t have to
miss me. I’m sure I’ll see you soon.”
    He leaned down, dropped a quick kiss on
her forehead and turned and left.
    Charlie’s jaw clenched, and Grace’s mouth
flew open.
    “Who the hell does he think he is, kissing
my date?”
    “I think it was meant to be friendly,” she
said quickly. “We are old friends.”
    Why was she defending him? Her own mind
was turning on her.
    “Old friends? Tell him that. He seems to
think you’re still his girlfriend.”
    She frowned, a little frustrated by this
display of jealousy.
    “Charlie. If you don’t want me working
with Jamie, just say the word. I already told you, I don’t want to work with
him. This is your decision.”
    Charlie didn’t say anything, and Grace
knew he wouldn’t give up the account and his monthly retainer over jealousy.
She understood why, but it still kind of pissed her off. Was money really that
much more important than her? Why couldn’t he be a little more like Jamie?
    Great, now she was comparing Charlie