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Bracing himself for her wrath, Nate followed Bethany into the foyer. Good, a change of scene. This time he was going to get lectured in the foyer instead of the kitchen or the back deck.
“I’m sorry,” he said before Bethany even opened her mouth. “I don’t know what’s gotten into me. I’m being an ass.”
Two spots of color burned in her cheeks. “I know he’s kind of …awkward. But so what?”
“I didn’t say—”
She kept going. “This is hard enough as it is. Do you know how long it took to get him away from the hospital?”
“If it’s so hard, maybe it isn’t meant to be.” He said it gently, but still managed to infuriate her.
“You don’t know anything about it. It’s all so easy for you. Women just fall over themselves to be with you. Some of us have to work a little harder.” He caught the sheen o
