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DECLAN
Cole shifted in the booth across from me and checked his watch for the millionth time. “Maybe she’s not working today.”
I fought back a sigh. “Jessie said she was working the lunch shift, didn’t she? If anyone would know her schedule, it’s Jessie. She’ll be here, just relax.”
Truth was, I was probably just as on edge as Cole, but I was better at hiding it. I wasn’t worried that Hannah wouldn’t show—the new waitress had never been late for her shift in the past five days we’d been coming to see her—but I still had my reservations. Hannah Lauren was the first woman we’d set our sights on, and the fact that she was a relative stranger who we knew nothing about? Yeah, that definitely put me on edge.
It didn’t change the fact that I wanted her—that we wanted her—but my gut told me
