Chapter 52

“Sister, do you like that man because he said those things?”

Jason asked.

His dark eyes continued to bore into hers. The unsettling feeling tickled up her spine. It felt a lot like… attraction or anticipation. But this was her ‘brother’ and she needed to push those thoughts

from her mind.

Grace cleared her throat. “No, I don’t like Chase.”

He tilted his head and a lock of his thick hair shadowed one eye.

Jay was a handsome man, and that boyish tilt of his head only amplified his good looks.

Grace sucked in a breath. But it carried more of his scent and had her wanting to lean close. To see if that smooth bit of skin along his neck tasted as good as it smelled.

She searched his eyes. Swallowed hard as his gaze dipped to her mouth then back to her eyes again. Did he want to kiss her?!?

what am I thinking?!”

at the idea that had just crossed her

you sure?” he pressed

kissing. Chase. Right. “No. I don’t like Chase,” she replied. “I can only apologize to him for his feelings for

seemed to please him. His lips curved. He was likely trying to protect her, as any brother would. She would

future. Even if a man proclaimed that her ‘past’ didn’t

at her and asked once more, “Sister,

love with someone. I did that once. I put all of my emotions into someone else, and when I was abandoned, I was struck

was a touch of joy in his eyes. “Then you have to remember to reject him. If not, a man like

reciprocate his feelings, I won’t string him along. Chase is

know that you have been to jail?”

face darkened as she said, “A

news of my car accident all those years

Service Center knows about my imprisonment.”

it, Grace was

The sidelong looks. “All right, let go of me, I still have to tidy up the

sadness transferred until he wanted to right the wrongs of the world just to see her smile. For a man like him, such feelings were

with her was like peeling back another layer,

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