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

idea that had just

sure?” he pressed her.

was on kissing. Chase. Right. “No. I don’t like

likely trying to protect her, as

not to think about having a normal future. Even if a man proclaimed that her ‘past’ didn’t

asked once more, “Sister, do you really not like that man?”

love with someone. I did that once. I put all of my emotions

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

reject him,” she said. And she would. Chase deserved better. “Since I don’t reciprocate his feelings, I won’t string him along. Chase is a good man.

you have been to

said,

accident all those

Service Center knows about my

it, Grace was overcome with shame. She

stares, the whispering. The sidelong looks. “All right, let go of me, I

let her go. This woman’s moods affected his own. Her bits of joy buoyed him. Her sadness transferred until he wanted to right the wrongs of

spent with her was like peeling back another layer, and

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