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The air is so tense in here you could cut it with a knife Seth nods stiffly before turning his dark stare to me "Are you ready?"

I step toward Seth, but Mason’s voice stopsit all the way to him

"Seth Marc," He spits Seth’s naue and it startles ?"

"That’s none of your business" Seth cuts in for ht lines and I see hi closer to hinores Seth’s aggressiveness and his blue eyes square in on me

"Seth is the reason I ether as I recall Mason telling me he moved to Portland after the divorce with his wife of twelve years

"C’mon, Olivia" Seth demands as he takes me by the wrist and turns toward the door

"Olivia," Mason calls after e before It’s chilling, deep and it stops me in my tracks Seth drops my wrist and snaps back to Mason

"What the fuck is your problem?"

Mason stands an inch or two taller than Seth, but I’ve seen Seth in action Mason wouldn’t stand a chance "I’ out for her"

"Why?"

Mason’s blue eyes flick onto ht Seth s back to Mason and I s hard

"You want her?" Seth assuaze falters at his assue fraainst rips theaze skims over my desk, across the plain white wall and then onto a small silver clock above Mason’s door I look everywhere but directly at Mason’s blue eyes

"I don’t blains as his hands slide up to ins to pool between et aroused by his touch Seth chuckles darkly againstbeco"

"Seth" I snap in an urgent whisper, but he ignores me and ducks his face into lides over the base ofhot ripples of desire throughpoint

"Trust ood as she s ht me?" I can hear the sardonic chuckle in Seth’s voice "Do it I dare you"

Seth and Mason are face to face and neither looks like they are going to back down any time soon My heart thuds uncos at the corner of Mason’s lips and he says, "You know, one of the perks of being a psychologist is learning how to get inside people’s heads and figuring out what makes them tick"

I feel Seth turn to stone

"You wanna’ knohat est disappointment was?"

My heart stops cold Was Mason Seth’s dad’s psychologist in Seattle? It sure see no-no for Seth He’s hardly spoken about hi to hi on his shirt He takes a step back Now all I need is three or fouron him and as I reach for the door Mason says it--the words I’ve been praying for hiest disappointly, Seth didn’t launch himself at Mason and so ainst Seth’s chest Underthemselves at Mason but thankfully, they never do

"You’re not worth throwing away the competition" Seth snarls "But if you do speak to your ex-wife again, tell her I said hi"

He turns and storms from the office and I shift my attention to Mason "His dad? Really? That’s low, Mason"

"No, dating someone like Seth is low" Mason marches to his office and sla after Seth He’s outside pacing the sideith his hands in his hair His face is flushed, al by dodged around hi to break at any moment

"Seth?" My voice comes out quieter than I intend "We can have lunch at my houseaway from people"

He throws me his car keys and I follow him to his car without another word In the car Seth keeps his eyes out the