Chapter 35

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He was holding her when she woke the next morning. Genny was wearing his t-shirt, and nothing else. The gorgeous Chad-wicked—he definitely was wicked—wore nothing at all.

Genny didn’t mind one bit.

Blue eyes popped open. It was a bit disconcerting to see her bestie’s eyes in a naked man’s face, but she could get used to it. Since Genny fully intended to get the man naked every chance she had from now on.

“Hey…” He leaned forward. She kissed him—gingerly. Maybe they hadn’t exactly been…wise…last night. “How are you feeling?”

“Ouch. But nothing you did to me…hurt.” Genny pressed one hand to her hurt ribs. “But I’m going to feel this for a while.”

“Hot shower? Bath in the jetted tub?”

“That sounds perfect.”

Just like the rest of her day.

Until Guthrie called with a story about Gene and Chantal that had Genny in a full-on panic. That panic didn’t go away until she got home.

And could see her bestie and Gene for herself.

Gene would be in a sling for a few weeks, but the man who had tried to hurt Chantal again was in jail where he belonged. Where he would be staying hopefully for a long, long time.

Genny wrapped her arms around her best friend. And just held tight. How close they had come to losing Chantal and Gene again—she would never forget.

Life was just too short to be afraid of taking a chance.

She stepped back, wiping her eyes. Chad’s arm slipped around her waist. She just looked at him.

This man was the biggest chance of her life.

And she knew it.