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 had just

he pressed her.

was he asking about? Her mind was on kissing. Chase. Right. “No. I don’t like Chase,”

please him. His lips curved. He was likely trying to protect

if a man proclaimed that her ‘past’ didn’t bother him, she

“Sister, do you really not like

once. I put all of my emotions into someone else,

eyes. “Then you have to remember to reject him. If not,

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 and not waste time on me.”

“How does he know that you have been to jail?”

face darkened as she said, “A colleague found out about

news of my car accident all those

Service Center knows about my

Grace was overcome with shame.

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

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

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