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Absolutely, but not in the way he wanted

A knock sounded at the door, and I stiffened

"I bet that’s Cole," he said with a sigh "I expected him sooner"

No way Cole wouldn’t come after me Not after the public rejection I’d just dished And yet I was tre and impossibly beautiful Cole waited on the other side

Sweet mercy

"Kat and Reeve are both fine," he said, one arainst the wooden frauys hurt Ethan?"

"No He was pretty freaked out by what he’d seen They questioned hi more"

I covered my throat with my hand, a protective action "What did he see?"

"Apparently you looked as if you wanted to eat Kat and Reeve at one point, and not in the good way"

I wasn’t going to touch that statement "Well" I clearedlate and you’re probably wanted at ho"

What, was this disagree with Ali day? "It’s for your own good, Cole"

"Right now I’d rather be bad and deal with the consequences later"

Please be bad Very, very bad Downright naughty

I shivered, and the shiver ht not survive these particular consequences" I smiled with saccharine sweetness--and tried to shut the door in his face

He shouldered his way inside "I’h!

"Hey, Cole," Gavin called fro for dinner?"

Cole would have seen his car in the driveway and known Gavin was here, but still his back went iron-bar straight at the sound of the other guy’s voice "Are you the chef?"

"I am"

Cole marched forward and settled into a bar stool as if he owned it "Good I’ot the stuff for enchiladas or roast beef sandwiches," Gavin said, glancing at me

"Enchiladas," Cole replied

"Sandwiches it is, then," Gavin said

Cole offered hilory If they decided to play Animal Planet, I’dlet them, I decided Both would end up unconscious and I would no longer be trapped in this tug-of-war Sure, I’d have to clean a pool of blood, but just then that actually see soda and vinegar

While Gavin puttered around the kitchen, Cole swiveled in the chair to facethe seat next to him I could be polite "How about you?

"Better" He reached out, pinched a lock of my hair "I’m not afraid of you, you know"

"You should be" I was I tugged rip Softly, I added, "But we both know that’s not our only probleuilty

"I knohat you’re thinking, and that’s not what I hed

"Then what?"

"I’llhave to show you" I motioned to the hall-- hot and dark in his eyes

"Once again it’s not what you’re thinking," I said drily

I think hepouted

What do you know--here was yet another side to Cole

"Don’t you want to show ht He chopped the lettuce with entle "I’ize to hiuest," I said, "and I like hiy froave it, and now he deserves one froets it"

Gavin sritted out a very o" As Cole and I stood, another knock sounded atmy luck, it was probably Veronica "Just a sec" I sto on the other side "You’ve got to be kidding me"

Cole caainst y, Justin couldn’t seem to stand still "You told me to contact you if I had news Well, I have news, and besides that, I thought you told Ali what’s going on"

Cole glanced over his shoulder, saying, "You should have called"