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DILLON TOOK a deep breath, waiting for the adrenaline pumping through his body to subside. “Are you okay?” he asked, watching Chantel make her way over to the sofa and sink into it.

“I’m fine. I just thought…I didn’t think he’d go without a fight.”

“Guys like him never fight. They talk tough, but when someone calls their bluff, they run.”

“Not Wade, at least not if he thinks he can win.”

Dillon tried a smile, hoping to calm Chantel down. She’d lived with Wade for something like ten years, if he remembered correctly. “A man who’s that concerned about what he sees in the mirror is going to be pretty careful,” he said. “Gives whole new meaning to saving face.”

Chantel blinked up at him, then laughed. “Can you always tell so much about someone you’ve just met?”