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?!?

am

idea that had

he pressed

about? Her mind was on kissing. Chase. Right. “No. I don’t like Chase,” she replied. “I can only apologize to him

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

a man proclaimed that her ‘past’ didn’t bother him, she knew, over time,

once more, “Sister, do you really

jail, I’ve 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 by a devastating blow.

you have to remember to reject him. If not, a man like him

feelings, I won’t string him along. Chase is a good man. He should have a relationship with

that you have been to jail?”

as she said, “A colleague

accident all those

Service Center knows about

was overcome

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

moods affected his own. Her bits of joy buoyed him. Her sadness transferred until he wanted to right the wrongs of the world just to see her smile. For a man like him,

every day spent with

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