Page 36 of Love and Memories

“Is she okay?” Hadley asked. “I knew I should have checked on her this morning.”

“She’s fine. It’s just that she still doesn’t have her memories back.”

“Which means she doesn’t have a job or a place to live,” Gage inferred.

“Right. She’s staying with Anna, but I can’t imagine not knowing so much about your life,” Travis said.

“I’ll go visit her,” Hadley said as she pulled out her phone. “I’ll find out if she needs anything from town.”

“You sure that’s all it is?” Gage asked.

Travis pinned Gage with a stare. Hopefully, the guy could decipher the look and back off. Talking about Bella was a recipe for disaster. He didn’t know how he felt about her, and there was a good chance he’d slip up and say something one of them would misinterpret.

“Positive,” Travis said through bared teeth.

“For what it’s worth, I think you and Bella would make the cutest couple,” Hadley said, clutching her hands to her chest. “I mean, she’s so sweet, and she needs a lot of help right now. You’ve been so good to her, and I just love the way you look at her.”

Travis held up a hand. “Stop right there. There are no hearts in my eyes, and no one is getting together.”

Hadley crossed her arms over her chest. “You’re absolutely no fun today, and that’s how I know you’re feeding us a bunch of crap.”

Travis took his plate and found a seat at the table. Hadley was on a roll, and there was no stopping her now. “Bella has a million things to worry about. A boyfriend isn’t one of them.”

“Or so we think,” Gage added.

Hadley swatted Gage’s arm. “Stop raining on my parade.”

“I thought this was Travis’s parade,” Gage said.

Travis looked around the break room. “No parade here.”

Hadley rounded on him, placing her hands flat on the table as she leaned toward him. “You deserve happiness. I get thatyou’ve been burned before, but this could be your chance with your one true love.”

Travis couldn’t hide the grin that stretched over his mouth. “Are you serious? How did we get from strangers to one true love?”

“Totally serious. Bella deserves to be loved too. Whether she remembers her life or not, she could start something new and amazing with you.”

“Wow. Amazing is a stretch, don’t you think?” Travis asked.

“No!” Hadley slapped a hand on the table. “I’m serious. You owe it to yourself to see what there could be with this woman.”

“Thanks. I’ll tell my therapist you signed off on the romance with the emotionally unavailable mystery woman,” Travis said.

Hadley glared at him. “I’m not giving up,” she said with enough finality to shake Travis’s resolve.

Only a little. Not enough to make him forget the dozens of factors playing against Hadley’s matchmaking schemes.

“Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind,” Travis said as he cut into his pork chop.

Beau sank into the seat beside Travis. “Leave the guy alone. He said he’s not interested.”

“But–”

Beau held up a hand. “I know. You really want him to be interested, but maybe let both of them have some time to get to know each other.”

Travis pointed at Beau. “What he said.”

Hadley pointed a stern finger at Travis. “Don’t eat. That food hasn’t been blessed yet.”

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