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Travis

I’ll raise you two,” I said, putting my chips on the table.

We were at Wes’s fancy-ass condo after I’d escaped from Granny’s apartment an hour ago. We being myself, Wes, Trent, Josh, and Liam.

Liam had recently left the Navy SEALs and was in the process of setting up his security business in San Francisco. He had no doubt moved here to keep an eye on his little sister Kelsey and her fiancé, Trent. Trent was Liam’s best friend—the guy who had once been off-limits when it came to Liam’s sister.

“I’ll see your two. How was dinner with your grandmother?” Wes casually asked.

I groaned. Wes laughed. “That bad, huh?”

“That depends on whether you think your grandmother trying to set you up with a puck bunny is a bad thing or not.”

You heard me correctly. Turned out dinner wasn’t just my grandmother and me. She had invited guests—as in the woman from the apartment down the hallway and her granddaughter. The granddaughter who had puck bunny vibes pouring off her.

To top it off, she had disappeared at one point to use the bathroom and came out braless—her nipples pressed against the tight fabric of her top.

I wasn’t the only one who had noticed, if Granny’s “Oh, my,” was any indication.

The guys burst out laughing after I told them what had happened. “Did she know the girl was a puck bunny?” Josh asked. He didn’t have to inquire how I knew what she was. As a former NHL player, he was more than familiar with those types of “fans.”

“I doubt it. She just thought she had found me the future Mrs. Hamilton.”

This caused the guys to laugh even harder. Glad they were so supportive.

“She’s still trying to set you up?” Wes asked.

“Apparently so. It’s not so much that she tried to set me up with a puck bunny that’s the problem.” I mean, hello, easy lay. “It’s just that after two failed attempts to set me up with girls in the past two weeks, you’d think by now she would’ve gotten the hint I’m not interested.”

“So tell her you aren’t the marrying type.”

“Already tried that. She figures I just haven’t found the right girl yet.”

“Maybe you haven’t,” Trent said. “Maybe you’d feel differently if you met the right woman.”

Of course he would believe that. From what Josh had told me, until Trent and Kelsey had hooked up, Trent had been a confirmed bachelor like the rest of us.

And whatever had been in the water that caused Trent to change his mind about his bachelor status had infected Josh as well. The only difference was that Josh had married his girlfriend—the mother of his child.

“I’ll pass, thanks,” I said. “Or are you forgetting about my ex-girlfriend from hell?” They all cringed, familiar with the story.

“You know what you need?” Wes asked me.

“Psycho-girlfriend repellent?” You had to admit that would be super helpful—because knowing my luck, the next woman Granny tried to set me up with would be psycho ex-girlfriend’s evil twin.

“No, a fake girlfriend.”

“How’s that going to help me?” I gulped back some beer. I had a feeling I would need it.

“If you have a fake girlfriend who your grandma believes is the real deal, she won’t bother setting you up anymore.”

True—me plus one fake girlfriend would equal one very happy Granny. “Sounds like a great idea. But where exactly do I find a woman who’s willing to be in a fake long-term relationship?”

“One thing’s for sure,” Josh said, “you need to find a woman who won’t fall in love with you and expect the fake girlfriend part to turn real.” He spoke as if he knew exactly what he was talking about. But I guess in a way he did. At one point he had pretended to be engaged to the woman who was now his wife. But the chemistry between Josh and Holly had been off the charts even before he faked being her fiancé. Only they hadn’t realized it at the time.

“No problem. I just need to find someone who hates me and ask her.” Think I piled on enough sarcasm?

Okay, maybe not hate me. But I definitely needed someone who wouldn’t want the relationship to become real.

“That might be a start,” Liam said, chuckling. “And by the way, I’ll see your six dollars and raise you two.” He placed the chips on the table, reminding us that we were here to play poker and not yap like schoolgirls.

The guys quickly returned to the task at hand…while I mentally went through all the girls I could possibly ask to help me out.

It took awhile but I eventually came up with a good possibility.

Tomorrow I would ask Lydia, my old semi-regular hookup partner.

She owed me one. And she was the perfect option because her career was more important to her than having a boyfriend.

Or so I thought.

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