Chapter 49

Grace shook her head to clear it.

This was her ‘brother’ and he likely didn’t mean what he’d said the

way she was taking it.

It was an innocent question. She shouldn’t read too much into it.

This attraction she felt…was one-sided and couldn’t go anywhere. If she crossed that line, she’d only stand to lose him. He deserved better than that.

They both did.

She swallowed hard and averted her gaze.

“Of course, I would be sad over you. I care for you deeply.”

“As you did for Sean before you learned the truth about him?”

Actually, she felt more for Jay. But she couldn’t tell him that. If he misinterpreted her meaning, there would be no putting the genie back in the bottle.

And the last thing she wanted was any awkwardness or distance between them.

She valued his friendship too fiercely.

Grace cleared her throat and said, “I can love my younger brother

but that isn’t the same kind of love.”

“Oh?”

Jason wasn’t letting her off the hook, and the whole conversation

was making her want to cringe. “It’s two different feelings. I thought loving someone was forever and irreplaceable. I even… thought that lovers could live and die together.”

romantic notion,

was the stuff of fairytales, 3D projector billboards, and living happily ever after. He had no experience with such

to live or die together. It

all-encompassing. All empowering.

suddenly want to experience such a thing? And with

this mean for him?? Had he fallen in love with her?

Of course not.

kind of love, and he

was honest and true,

for her. There was a … sentimental attachment,

that he also had

the feeling of being next to her. He wanted

be there when

and he was okay with it. Why else would he have played

nothing wrong with

really honest with himself, he was falling into deeper

fall in love… he couldn’t have

long ago to never fall

make me sad, right?” The gentle tone

smile. He’d give her the out, for

Because that was the answer she wanted to hear. And he meant it. Protecting her for life was as easy as

her eyes so earnest and hopeful,

pang of unease.

sad, yet… when she one day discovered that he was not Jay Smith,

how would she react to the lie he’d been living?

likely an

around her and

of if he would hurt her,

she noticed that her colleagues

at her as they whispered amongst

noticed Claire walking toward her from the supply closet,

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