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“How can that be?”

I liked Adria We had Business Finance together and she was one of the few people who hadn’t ditchedwith my mom went down I didn’t have much fun anymore, whichto explain to her the coh, was not so Race and Dovie’s lineage wasn’t a story that was particularly good tiood time

I gulped because Race wascollege students tohere ere standing People just instinctively moved out of his way It was like there was a force field of badass that surrounded hierously dared to test I wasn’t one of those people At least that’s what I told myself every time I was around him

Sure, I was dangerously attracted, had been ever since the first time I saw him when he dropped Dovie off at work, but he would never know Race wasn’t a good guy andin the kind of complication he was bound to be

To keep Race and those traitorous feelings at bay, I ful to himI mean really, really awful I was cold I was disinterested I was rude, and so, treated hi, and when that didn’t work, I ignored hi harder and harder to do, and the more disdain I tossed in his direction, the more charm and liquid sex appeal he leveled at ame that I was terrified I would eventually lose Race wanted me, and he didn’t erto be held at bay under the assault of those evergreen-colored eyes and that gorgeous head of spun-gold hair

He flashed a million-watt s overfive-inch heels, he towered over me

“Well, hello, Brysen”

I rolled ulp as his gruff voice slid over my skin

“Race”

Adria nudged e of her elbow I cleared my throat and inclined my head in her direction