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

idea that

you sure?” he pressed her.

Right. “No. I don’t like Chase,” she replied. “I can only apologize to

His lips curved. He was likely trying to protect her,

a normal future. Even if a man proclaimed

asked once more, “Sister, do you really

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

his eyes. “Then you have to remember to reject him. If not, a man like him will probably

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

that you have been to jail?” he asked suddenly.

as she said, “A colleague found out about

accident all those

knows about my imprisonment.”

she said it, Grace was overcome with shame. She wouldn’t

looks. “All right, let go of me, I still have to tidy

woman’s 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, such feelings were not acceptable. This was a

Grace Cummins. But every day spent with her was like peeling back another layer, and what he saw didn’t match what he’d thought

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