But once he was gone, she couldn’t help wondering about his comment about popularity contests. Somehow, that’s exactly what he’d set between him and Dex. A popularity contest. With Isabella as the judge.And contrary to what he’d said, she couldn’t help but believe he would in fact be very disappointed if he found out Isabella didn’t like him.Disconcerted by the wave of protectiveness that thought stirred up, she turned her thoughts to the other big revelation of the evening.So Derek not only had a sense of humor, but a self-deprecating one to boot? How unexpectedly appealing. How completely delightful that he could still surprise her after all these years. How completely disastrous for her plans to excise him from her heart.Just when her anger was allowing her to build more walls around her heart, how dare he find new ways to sneak around them?SevenInfant car seats had to be part of a vast government conspiracy to drive otherwise sane, intelligent adults absolutely batty. Derek could see no other reasonable explanation for why they would be so damned hard to install.Of course, the car seat couldn’t be blamed for his current emotional state.
