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Cranberry cookies, mini pumpkin pies, orange scones, and crostinis layered with goat cheese await us, looking so yummy.

Before long, Thea, Dahlia, Eve, and two more women arrive. I’ve never seen those women before, but their husbands do business with James Sexton, and they’ve all recently moved to town.

The women give off good vibes.

Dahlia has morphed into a little vixen. She’s no longer the shy girl she used to be, and Eve sparks with energy.

Happiness gives people this good energy, and I need it more than ever.

I like everything about them. How confident they are. And how optimistic.

Dahlia wears a white dress, a red jacket, and heels, while my cousin sports dark blue pants, matching flats, and a long white shirt.

She likes this look, and it truly works for her.

We spend the afternoon chatting and indulging in good food.

Luckily, Chloe’s disposition improves.

An hour later, Rain’s husband makes an appearance, and we all lose our breath. Maybe not all of us, but I do.

Even Chloe gives him a second look.

Eve wraps her arms around her brother-in-law before he looks around the table.

I don’t think he remembers us. He wasn’t home that night when Rain invited us to her place.

Maybe he knows us from the club, although I doubt it.

At any rate, he nods in our direction.Well… He’s not the most talked about man of the county for nothing.Like his wife, he’s a living legend.

Rocking a sharp suit, he looks like he’s coming from a social event.His fingers work the tie knot loose. Yes, he’s definitely coming home, not going out.

He’s one of those lucky men who gets better with time.

He’s more magnetic, powerful, and desirable than ever.

Rain is a lucky girl, and she surely knows it.Love twinkles in her eyes when she looks at him.

He shifts his focus to her and gives her a grin. If I am to guess, her undying love for him fuels his power.

They exchange a few words, yet I can’t make out any of them before she walks with him inside the house.

“God, that woman…” Chloe murmurs under her breath, and luckily, I’m the only one who catches that.

Dahlia and Thea talk about the wedding, and Eve converses with the other two women.

A quick glance around the table makes me feel like an outsider, although I’m sure they all felt that way at some point in their lives.

“What’s with you?” I chide Chloe.

Chewing on a mini pumpkin pie, she shakes her head.

“Have you seen her husband?”

I laugh.

She chuckles too.

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