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Tori would have to pay Luke back for the “sweet” wisecrack.
“Don’t think it’s my place to be giving away any of the lady’s secrets,” Luke was telling Colin. “Why? You got an interest?”
Tori lay very still and awaited the answer.
“Might.”
Colin might have an interest? All she’d done was punched him, kissed him…spectacularly, eaten his chili, and passed out in his hammock for an hour. She was about to rouse herself, despite how comfortable she was feeling, and give these two a quick whack with an axe handle just for being so male, when Luke finally replied.
“If you want to find a better person than Victoria Ellison, you’re too late; I already married her. My Candace.” Then Luke slapped her on the calf. “Rise and shine, Ginger. We’ve got some trees to trim. You’re first up swamping.”
