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part, it’s a
lot of fun. I love what I do, and I know most people can’t say that, so you
won’t hear me complaining about the occasional bad day.”
    For the most part, Kristen felt the same
way about her career. “You seem like a pretty positive person.” That was one of
the qualities she found most attractive in a man.
    “What the hell have I got to complain
about?” he asked, grinning. “I’ve got a career I love, good friends, a great
family, money in the bank, a nice house. Not to mention the fact I get to
travel and do all of the things I love in my down time.”
    Kristen thought his life sounded pretty
perfect, and she wondered what it would be like to be a part of it. “Do you get
a lot of down time?”
    “Enough.” He shrugged. He led her back to
their assigned table. They hadn’t been seated together, but since neither of
them had brought a date, she invited him to be the plus one at her table. “I
usually go into our corporate office Monday through Friday and pass by the bar
on the weekends, just to check in.”
    “You work seven days a week?” Kristen
asked, feeling a little less guilty about the hours she kept.
    “If you can call hanging out at the bar
work.” He smiled as he held her chair out for her. “Personally, I can’t. It’s
more about getting together with the boys for a beer at a place we love. We
built High Rollers because we wanted sports fanatics like us to have a
comfortable place to hang out and eat something other than pretzels while
drinking something better than draft beer.”
    “I should stop by and check it out some
time.” She would make sure it was a Saturday night, when he was more likely to
be there.
    “Anytime you feel like it,” he said,
winking. “The drinks are on the house.”
    “I bet you say that to all the girls.”
    “Only the pretty ones.” He reached for the
bottle of white wine in the middle of the table and filled their glasses.
    He was too good-looking. Too rich. Too
smart. Too sweet. Too driven. Too successful. There had to be something wrong
with him, but for the life of her, she couldn’t figure out what it was.
    “Do you want kids?” she blurted out. If he
didn’t, that may be the out she was looking for. It’s not that she wasn’t
looking for the perfect guy, but she was afraid of finding him. When she did,
she would have to risk her heart again, and after what happened with Robert, that
was a frightening prospect.
    Matt choked on his wine, coughing to clear
his throat before he said, “Excuse me?”
    Trying to pretend she didn’t wish she could
retract the question, Kristen reached for her wine glass. “Kids, do you want
them?”
    “Uh, someday, I guess. You?”
    “Someday. Maybe after I’ve been married a
few years.”
    “Sounds like a good plan,” he said, giving
her a wry smile. He noticed the place card to his left. “Is your ex’s last name
Channing?”
    “Yeah, why?”
    “I believe he’s supposed to be sitting next
to me.” He held up the manila card. “You want me to toss it while no one’s
looking?”
    Before she could respond, Gale and Robert
approached their table.
    “They tell us we’re sitting with you guys,”
Gale said, holding a hand out to Kristen. “That’ll give us a chance to catch
up.”
    Kristen squeezed her friend’s hand. She
didn’t blame her for bringing Robert. Kristen was certain he’d cajoled the poor
woman into submission. He was a criminal lawyer, after all. “It’s nice to see
you, Gale.” She glanced at her ex. “Robert,” she said, inclining her head.
    Gale’s eyes drifted to Matt’s nametag. “Oh
my God, I never would have recognized you, Matt. How’ve you been?”
    Matt had also tutored Gale back in the day,
if Kristen’s memory served, though she couldn’t remember a single conversation
they’d had about him. They were too busy gushing over football players. Matt
was just the brainy guy who tutored them. What a difference more than a decade
made. Kristen couldn’t