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 I thinking?!”

the idea

sure?” he pressed

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

curved. He was likely trying to protect her, as any brother would. She would

about having a normal future. Even if a man proclaimed that her ‘past’

and asked once more, “Sister, do you really not like that

retorted. “Ever since I got out of 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

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

won’t string him along. Chase is a good man. He should

he know that you have been

as she said,

my car accident all those years ago, so now the entire

knows

she said it, Grace was overcome

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

wanted to right the wrongs of the world

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

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