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spoken aloud. “Nothing, Emily Anne. Sorry, I was just talking to myself.”
    The waitress nodded. “I do that all the time. And usually, not only within the hearing of other people, but the wrong other people. I get the strangest looks sometimes.” Emily Anne blinked, and Chloe was reminded of an anime character like the ones that were so popular these days. Emily Anne could have been the model for them.
    She nodded her head to let Emily Anne know she wasn’t alone there. Actually, talking out loud was just one more thing they had in common. Neither one of us could be called slender, either.
    Chloe said, “It’s a trial, isn’t it? I don’t know about you, but half the time I don’t even realize I’m doing it. The words just come out without my permission. It can be embarrassing.”
    “I know! But one thing I can say for sure, since coming to Lusty, I get a lot fewer strange looks when my mouth overrules my brain. This town just takes me as I am and makes me feel okay about myself.”
    The woman’s grin was infectious. Chloe felt a kinship for Emily Anne because they’d hit town within weeks of each other. “Amen to that,” she said.
    Emily Anne comically cleared her throat, and then asked, “Do you need a few moments to scan the menu, ma’am, or are you ready to order this evening?”
    What Chloe wanted to order was a big juicy hamburger with fries on the side. Carrie, who was manning the kitchen tonight, made some of the best burgers Chloe had ever tasted. Unfortunately, sometimes just inhaling the aroma of a good burger and fries put the weight on. She handed the menu back to Emily Anne. “I’ll have a house salad, no dressing, please, and an order of the low-fat chips and salsa. I’d like a little of that fat-free sour cream on the side, too.”
    “Gotcha. Do you want sweet tea, or a Coke?”
    She could order a Diet Coke, but the soft drink didn’t go with salad, in her mind. “I’ll just have a glass of water, thanks.”
    “Gosh, you’re easy to please.” Emily Anne followed that cheeky comment with a huge grin, and Chloe couldn’t help but laugh.
    Chloe felt more tension desert her. Thank God. It was probably just as well there was no place to go after dinner but home. The mood she’d been in since calling it a day at the spa wouldn’t mix well with the availability of alcohol.
    With her luck she’d go somewhere, have too much to drink, and run into those two deliciously handsome Jessops who’d been making “cow eyes” at her. What she might say or do under the influence of a couple of stiff drinks just didn’t bear thinking about.
    At least not out in public, away from her bedroom and her private toy drawer.
    If she was going to start heading in a different direction, it would be better all around if she did so stone-cold sober.
    Movement caught her eye and she looked to her left. The door to the restaurant opened and two hungry and hunky-looking men stepped in.
    Both hunks were built with muscles to spare. Blond hair, blue eyes, the older one’s features slightly more edged, they were enough to make any woman melt into a pile of hormonal goo. Their images were in her mind, morning, noon, and night. She knew, for example, that the younger one’s hair was a lighter blond, his face almost cherubic, but his older brother’s eyes were a shade darker and far more piercing in their stare.
    Oh my God, I just thought them into coming in here. Of course she knew she hadn’t, but that wasn’t how it felt. As those two minor mountains surveyed the restaurant, she knew their gazes would land on her. Check . And then, likely, they would exchange a look she couldn’t read and then head right over to where she’d so recently set herself down. They’d think nothing of simply strolling over and joining her at her table.
    Check and double check .
    I’m not ready for this! I need more time! As they drew near, she fixed a scowl on her face and told her inner imp not to ask why, if she truly