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Surprising them all, Crystal said bluntly, "We barely came up for air the whole teeks Iwe’d been all but living together since we ers and the Mr and Mrs titlesIt made us crazy--"

"Horny?" Claire supplied helpfully then blushed "I know exactly what you mean," she admitted "Jason and I were all over each other on our honeyets turned on over feeling as if they own you sorins "You wife-- on the chest and all the other cave you? If you tellhi sob at the waste of such prime man candy"

"Well--we can’t have you crying now, can we?" Lydia said coyly

"I knew it!" Emma crowed "There is no way a woman could be in the same house as a man like that and not do the deed"

"We certainly know you couldn’t" Ava snickered playfully "Plus, ouldn’t have to guess You’d take out a billboard and tell us all about it"

Lydia found herself relaxing as everyone good-naturedly ribbed each other She’d never had girlfriends she was close enough to share intiht Asmean or catty about it These women would have each other’s backs in a second, and she felt so fortunate to have found a sisterhood like that "I’ it one day at a tiain I have no idea if it ork out long ter the now very much"

Suzy studied her for a , honey And so that up" As Lydia studied the gorgeous diaas, she felt a stirring of hope Could Suzy be right? Was it here to stay along with her new life with Jake?

If she had anything to say about it, she wasn’t going anywhere other than home to her new husband at the end of every day

Be careful what you wish for, Lydia thought wryly She’d been home all of ten minutes from Suzy’s baby shohen there was a knock at the door Jake had called her earlier to say that it’d be at least seven before he got ho with some labor problems at another DeSanto location So she kneas too early for hi the doorbell When she looked through the peephole, she inwardly cringed as she saw Chris’s frowning face Lydia stood rooted to the spot, unsure if she should pretend that no one was home or take the opportunity to see what the other woman said without Jake home

In the end, curiosity won out and she sloisted the deadbolt and opened the door to Jake’s ex "Good evening, Chris," she offered, trying to sound as if she wasn’t insanely nervous

"Where’s Jake?" she asked as she tapped her foot i to be late tonight Was there so I could help you with?" Lydia asked pleasantly, even though she wanted to close the door on Chris and her crappy attitude This is what I get for being curious

Chris brushed past her and swept into the house as if she owned it When she reached the foyer, she spun around and snapped, "You think you’re the queen of theinto all those e Trustwith him"

Lydia took aaround She attely, "I really don’t think now is the time to discuss this, Chris If you have issues with Jake, then you should call hie a time to talk out your concerns"

"Stop patronizing me!" Chris hissed "I’m not some empty-headed bimbo that you can speak to like a child"

At thatfor a fight and wasn’t about to leave until she’d gotten one Never one to back down, Lydia straightened her spine and leveled the other wo stare "I’ll speak to you like an adult when you act like one If you’re going to stand there and continue to insult Jake and me, then you can just leave"

Lydia could tell from the tiny flinch that Chris had been unable to hide that she’d scored a direct hit She had little tiain under verbal siege "He’s not going to stay with you I ardless of his seeet joint custody of Casey, I think he panicked and et o Of course, if that happens, he’ll have no reason to keep you around How long do you think you’ll be Mrs Hay then?"

Even though Chris’s barbs were getting to her, Lydia refused to let her see the i If the other woo for the jugular "Isn’t this whole tirade because I’ him to marry you for months? But he wouldn’t Why do you think that is, Chris? He loves his daughter dearly, so how badly ive hiht as the other woman’s face paled Lydia wanted to feel more pleasure in Chris’s pain than she did Possibly because she knew she er had the right to be the wohed "I shouldn’t have said that I don’t want to fight with you In the end, we all want the sa and that’s for Casey to be happy"