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At that, Jaci loosened her hold on Cam She looked fro fuel to the fire Chase was atte like children, could you let me know? I’ll be upstairs with Courtney and a bottle of wine" She stepped away fro her before she could ames with someone else"

He turned and pulled her fro away, Cam?" Chase snapped "Why doesn’t that surprise lanced up in tiret, the loss that flashed across his face

"It shouldn’t surprise you in the least," he finally said, his voice bleak "After all, I think I’ve gotten daood as you have"

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Jaci ed to hold onto her temper, barely, as Cahtly together and warned herself repeatedly that this wasn’t any of her business Not yet Not until her and Caht to make certain deht to tell hi

And perhaps that was the point where she lost control of the temper she swore she wouldn’t lose Because it was her business

It seeh she had waited all her life to be with one ht her battles on her own, and she was still doing so And she still ed to find a way to love Cam refused to risk himself that far, even for his own brother If he wouldn’t risk brotherly love, what the hellher?

"This situation betweento do with you" Caid and corded with tension "This won’t happen again, I promise"

"Then it’s a pro out theof the Jaguar "He’s your brother; he’ll do whatever it takes to find out what happened"

She could feel the tension thicken in the car

"Nothing happened" Hard, cold, his voice had the bite of winter, freezing to the bone

She turned to hi, and God knows, she didn’t want to lose her grip on it

"You couldn’t convince a five-year-old of that, so don’t lie to ear shift, his knuckles turning white from the force

"This is none of his business," he said quietly when she claain

She couldn’t stand to see that ragged sorrow on his face He was hurting inside, and sometimes she wondered if she didn’tinto hi at hiree with you, Cam He’s your brother, your twin"

"That doesn’t make him my keeper," he snapped out "I’ve dealt withto have to deal with the fact that he doesn’t need to know every corner of er building inside her as she watched his jaw tighten in fury "No, he just has to watch that deony, whenever he stares into your eyes Excuse me, Cam, but it does make it his business His andto rip us apart"

He stared back at her in disbelief before jerking his eyes back to the road, then shifting the gears with a rough hand

"No one asked him to stick the fuck around," he bit out

"No, but you asked"I sleep at the bottoainst you, and I accept it, because at least I’ that need I see and feel burning inside you will ease, but it never does"

"Son of a bitch! I’m not a kid, Jaci" He cast her a confused, incredulous look "Fine, I hate beds I know s What the hell does that matter?"

"If it doesn’t matter, then why are you so pissed off?" Jaci shot back "For God’s sake, Ca happened! Chase knows it I know it Don’t you think it hurts us worse to have to continually guess at it?"

"Guessing doesn’t hurt you near as bad as knowing the truth would hurt e, tires locked, the vehicle sliding until it rocked to a stop His fist struck the steering wheel "Let it fucking go"

Cam sla as he paced around the car for long ainst the side of the car

"I can’t let it go," she finally whispered,hood of the car

Cam wiped his hand over his face and bit back the curses that hovered at his lips Da until he eak, when his need for Jaci was driving hi And JaciHe looked at her, her pale face, her worried eyes Da the one wole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>