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?!”

herself at the idea that

he

was on kissing. Chase. Right. “No. I don’t like Chase,” she replied. “I can only apologize to him for his feelings for me.”

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

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

stared at her and asked once more, “Sister, do you really not like

with someone. I did that once. I put all of my emotions into

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

him,” 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

know that you have been to jail?” he

she said,

of my car accident all those years

Center knows

she said it, Grace was

whispering. The sidelong looks. “All right, let go of me, I still have to tidy up the room.”

Her sadness transferred until he wanted to right the wrongs of the world just to see her

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