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?!?

God, what am I thinking?!”

at the idea that had just crossed

you sure?” he pressed her.

Chase. Right. “No. I don’t like Chase,” she

His lips curved. He was likely

about having a normal future. Even if a man proclaimed that her ‘past’ didn’t bother him, she knew, over time, it would.

and asked once more, “Sister, do you

never even considered the idea of falling in love with someone. I did that once. I put all of my emotions into someone else, and when I was abandoned, I was struck

to reject him. If not,

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. He should have a relationship with someone who truly belongs to him and not

does he know that you have

she said, “A colleague found out about

car accident all those years ago, so now

Service Center knows about my imprisonment.”

was

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

he wanted to right the wrongs of the world just to see her smile. For a man like him, such feelings were not acceptable. This was a game. A diversion.

her facade because he’d harbored many doubts about Grace Cummins. But every day spent with her was like peeling back another layer, and what he saw didn’t match what he’d

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