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Even while they turned in Jake’s rental car and packed hers for the drive to the mountains, Jake kept arguing with her.
“You don’t have to drop your entire life just to baby me.”
“I have no intention of babying you. I’ll just stay long enough to get you over the hump.”
“I can close the bar down again if I have to.”
“Really? After blowing so much money on this quest, buying tickets to fundraisers, and renting Alfa Romeos? It doesn’t seem like the best time to shut down your business.”
He shot her a disgruntled look from the passenger seat, his injured left arm still in a cast, his bandaged hand carefully resting on his thigh. “My finances are not your problem. I’ve been saving for years for this.”
“Yes, but it is my problem that my ex-husband, a known asshole, put you in the hospi
