Page 15 of Wilde In His Arms

“You’d be more likely to find me back in the lodge by a roaring fire with a really good whiskey in my hand.”

He smirked.“Seriously?Alaska doesn’t sound amazing to you.”

“Maybe in the summer when you can explore the beautiful landscape.But winter…” She shook her head.“Not really my thing.I get enough of the cold here.”

“My buddies and I put down a deposit for this winter.”He left it at that.

“I’m going to Boston soon.My sister is moving there.I can’t wait to explore the city.”Maybe she’d get on her app and find a date while she was there.Different town.Different sort of men.Maybe she’d find someone interesting.

And who still doesn’t live near you!

Damn.Well, maybe it would be good practice.And a way to learn about someplace she’d never been.

Or you could ask Nick to take time off and go with you.His brother will be there with Lyric.It could be fun.

“Aria?”

She recognized the voice a split second before her gaze landed on him.Damn it.

Dan had lost a bit of weight, and his hair was a little longer.His gaze filled with awe as he stared down at her.“You look amazing.How are you?”

“Fine.You?”She wished he’d walked by without saying a thing.

“Uh, who’s this?”Mark asked, his gaze bouncing between her and Dan.

“My ex.”She left it at that, hoping Dan left her alone.

Dan didn’t take his eyes off her.“I miss you.I didn’t know how good I had it until you were gone.”

Nope.She couldn’t let him get away with saying that to her after what he’d done.“You lied and cheated and thought you could steal from me so you and that bitch who tried to ruin my cousin’s life could run off together.”But Dan didn’t get a chance to screw her over, because she’d publicly humiliated him and his little home-wrecker in the bar, exposing both of their deceit, and kicked them both out.

His smile reversed into a deep frown.“When I saw you, I’d hoped you’d forgiven the past.”

She eyed him.“It’s not like I ever got an apology.”

He leaned in close.“I’m sorry.”

She shrugged.“I don’t care.In fact, I’ve thought very little of you since I last saw you.I was too busy moving on with someone with integrity, who treated me like I was the best damn thing that ever happened to him.”

Dan looked at Mark.“Lucky guy.”

Crap!She’d done it again.Would she ever stop thinking about Nick?

“Goodbye, Dan.”

Dan accepted her dismissal, left their table, and sat across the restaurant with a pretty brunette, who looked a few years younger than herself.

For a split second she thought about going over there and warning the woman that Dan was a treacherous asshole, but refrained because she had a captive audience of one in front of her.

Mark raised a brow.“Tell me how you really feel about your ex again.”

“Sorry.He’s the ex before the ex.Dan just pushes all my buttons.”

“I can see that.And I get it.Cheating is the worst kind of betrayal.”

“I agree.”And it made Mark a little more attractive that he felt that way and put it out there so blatantly.

“But you didn’t answer me.”

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