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She lifts a shoulder. “We were moving there. I need my car to get around once I’m there. And all of my worldly belongings have already been taken there by the moving company.”

That all sinks in. Brad was going to be driving with her. Now she’s alone.

“You are not making that trip by yourself,” Ford says. “I’ll drive with you.”

Her eyes widen, and for a second I think she’s going to protest. I should tell her there is no point. Ford will absolutely not let her drive by herself.

But Ivy’s smart. She nods. “Okay. Thank you.”

“I’ll come with you,” Liam says. He shoots a quick frown at Ford.

I want to laugh. He’s incredibly brilliant. I’m not surprised that he has picked up on the fact that Ford has feelings for his bestie. Plus, Ivy doesn’t know Ford that well. And it’s a long ass trip from California to South Carolina.

“You’re going to come?” Ivy asks. “Can you take the time?”

“I can write on the road,” Liam says, seemingly unconcerned.

She looks up at Ford. “Well, then you don’t have to come. Liam can keep me company.”

I grin, waiting for Ford's very predictable answer.

“I’m still coming.”

There’s obviously no reason for Ford to make this drive with Ivy. Except that he wants to.

I decide to help my buddy out. Plus, this will really rub a certain broody writer the wrong way.

“Road trip!” I say enthusiastically. “I’m in.”

They all turn to look at me.

“You don’t need to come,” Liam says bluntly. With that cute glower.

“But I’m going to,” I tell him with a grin. “It’s been a long time since I took a good road trip. But I’m telling you right now, it’s Twizzlers all the way. No fucking Red Vines.”

Liam just studies me.

And I know my grumpy onetime lover is figuring out there is no way out of this.

He might be bossy as fuck in the bedroom and pissed as hell at me, but I’m stubborn and have nowhere I need to be any time soon. I’m coming on this road trip. Whether he likes it or not.

Ford looks from me to Liam to Ivy and then back to me. “So the four of us are going to road trip from California to South Carolina?”

I nod. “Looks like it.”

Ford shakes his head. “What could possibly go wrong?”

CHAPTER 5

Ivy

“CanI borrow ten million dollars?“

Ford is sitting next to me in the backseat of my Prius. He looks over and grins. “Sure.“

I don’t know if he’s grinning about my question or my appearance.

Liam rolled his eyes when I walked out of the inn to get in the car. Harrison’s eyes widened, and he said, “Right this way rock star,” as he opened the back door and helped me into the backseat.

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