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that.”
    She bet he would. If he came to places like this, he probably had a whole slew of women to buy date packages for. What girl wouldn’t go for this kind of wining and dining? Nice.
    The low lighting and sexy jazz music was certainly conducive to a great date and romance. Which wasn’t going to happen tonight—not for her, at least. This was simply a friendly dinner and she’d never been a one night stand in her life. Though she’d probably give it consideration if someone like him ever offered. Yikes, why did that thought surface? Ridiculous. Besides, he was practically inhaling that steak and she wondered if he was in a hurry to leave.
    “Yeah, maybe you could use it to make up with your girlfriend.”
    He shook his head and grabbed his drink. With their eyes locked, he lifted it to his mouth and took a slow drink. “Why would I want to do that? She found someone else, remember? It’s not like he just popped up before she told me either, she had to be lying about it for a while. Going behind my back, seeing this … guy, and not saying a word. Jesus, there’s nothing I hate worse than dishonesty. I can take a lot of other shit but that’s over the top. A deal-killer. Besides, I’m not that … whipped. The only thing I’d buy her would be a
breakup
package. Have any of those at your shop?”
    “No.” She laughed and nervously twisted the straw in her drink. Had his eyes darkened while he spoke of the lies? Whoa, intense. What did that mean?
    He plopped the glass to the tablecloth. “Now that’s a good idea. A breakup package. You could put really nice flowers in it, making it look all gorgeous, then send it to her at work. Everyone would think someone was being really romantic and sweet. They’d all stand around while she checked it out. She’d think it came from the other guy, until she opens the note and reads it.”
    She raised a brow. Hmmm. This guy had a vengeful streak. That might scare her if it wasn’t sort of funny. “What would the note say?”
    “I don’t know—maybe ‘the best thing about dating you was saying good-bye with these’?”
    She shook her head. “No. No.” She held out a finger. “How about ‘the best thing about dating you was getting a new phone’?”
    He busted out laughing and clutched his stomach. “That’s good! Yeah. I’d buy that. Maybe even throw in a few chocolates and add a note that says ‘hope these go straight to your ass.’”
    Now
that
was funny. She couldn’t help but laugh too. Maybe it was mean, but the woman cheated on him. He deserved to have a little tantrum. Only a little though.
    “Okay, I’ll do it.” Abby’s plate was empty. She had no idea how she’d plowed through the food so fast, but it was cleaned clear off.
    He sobered. “What? I was just kidding.”
    “I wasn’t.” She pushed a paper drink napkin toward him. “I’ll do it for free. Put her name and business address on that and we’ll send it out tomorrow. I’ll even deliver it myself and let you know how it goes.” Obviously she’d drunk too much—enough to make her braver than normal at least. Or maybe she’d bonded with this jilted but gorgeous man in a strange, help-me-hate-her way. Was that a good thing?
    He waved at the waiter to bring them more drinks; she wanted to decline more of the liquid courage but didn’t. She’d made him nervous because he hesitated to answer. “Nah, that’s okay. Just leave it alone. I don’t want to make a scene.”
    Hmmm. He had a vengeful streak but he didn’t act on it. That was … good. Only she really wanted to see this girl now. What kind of woman would be stupid enough to ditch this guy?
    “Come on. You’ll feel better. Besides, it’s not like
you
cheated on
her
. Right?” Or was that what started it? How long had he dated this woman? She didn’t remember.
    He frowned for a couple of seconds then relaxed. “Right. But sending flowers is kind of—”
    “Mean?”
    “Yeah.”
    “And cheating isn’t?”
    He