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Her shed wared to stay away fro was beyond hih would attend, or an ied to keep Ashleigh off his ain, no et her out of his head

That had all been up until he had kissed her Since then, there was no erasing her from his mind She was a permanent fixture at this point

“Dylan tellsout”

Alex took the opportunity for what it was

“That’s the plan XTX is still our biggest client, but we’ve seen an abundance of interest lately Cole Ackerley attended a vendor’s conference in Vegas earlier in the month which see with all of this?”

It was no secret that Ashleigh and her brother were close Alex also knew she was concerned about Dylan and the way he’d been coping with his wife’s death eight years prior He wasn’t normally one to share personal inforh only wanted to know because she was loved Dylan

“He’s co around” Alex told her as he placed his fork on his plate and reached for his wine glass “I think now that he’s close to Stacey, and Nate is doing better, it’ll get easier for hih admitted, a sudden sadness etched into her beautiful features

“It’s been a long tiiven hi his friend, Alex had considered interfering on ht better of it Dylan had been devastated after losing his wife and Alex figured it wasn’t his place to determine when he should put the past behind hi that ranch and essentially living in total seclusion I don’t see how he could get out froh watched him, her brown eyes full of ean, “I told him that the only way I would co discussions, but I think in the end, it all worked out”

“How does it feel to be back?”

Ashleigh picked at the food on her plate before turning her attention to him “I didn’t think I would ever want to, but I’ll be the first to say it’s been good for me”

“How so?” Or better yet, why hadn’t she wanted to co to ask her yet

“Dylan isn’t the only one who’s been isolated And just likeher wine “Last night’s party? That’s the first tis or one of roups”

Alex could totally relate “Don’t feel bad Other than work, I don’t venture outout, but now that he’s an had been known to tie one on every now and then, but since the ot h was referring to, Alex hadn’t gone out much lately either Not even on a date

Ever since the word had gotten out that Ashleigh was thinking aboutWhat that said about hi business” Alex said, encouraging her to open uphard to

From the ht her to this point Not to dinner specifically, but to Alex in general For years Ashleigh worked to avoid hiotten about that one night the saht just be able to sit at the dinner table, carry on h she were not supposed to be there

She could go on and on about writing, or any other topic he seemed to be interested in, but in the end, where would it leave the her fork down and pushing her plate away

“Last I checked, this was called dinner” Alex coh that he was thinking the sa she was