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After severalto calm down He closed his eyes and tried very hard not to slip into Jacquelyn’s mind to see if she was okay It took all of the manners his hts Instead he laid there, hu the tune of one of his favorite artists Believe it or not Fane, a Ro that he wanted to share with Jacquelyn because it described so well how he felt Soon, he thought Not tonight Tonight she didn’t want to be with him, but soon

Chapter 25

Jacque lay in the tub her two best friends had filled with hot water and bubble bath She felt bad for walking out on Fane like she did, but she was hurt, scared, and worried No a to ined all the horrific possibilities of what could happen at the challenge He expects ht

She stayed in the tub until the water becah her curls, she was trying to decide if she should go to Fane or just go to bed If she were honest with herself, she would do what every bit of her was craving to do To crawl up in his lap and let him hold her, to spend as much time with him as possible It really truly was a no brainer, as much as she loved Jen and Sally, a hot Romanian prince and, as fate would have it, her soulfor her She knehat Jen would say, soo to him, you better believe I will" Yep, mm-hmm, that’s what she would say Okay, decision made She winked at herself in the mirror as she turned to leave the bathroom

Before she went down to Fane, Jacque stuck her head in the door of her bedroom to tell Sally and Jen thank you and let them know she would be downstairs But before she could even open her hts

"You’re welcome, we love you, you love us, we’re the best friends ever, and all that sap," Jen said without looking up froh

"Yes, we’re okay if you go down to Fane No, it won’t hurt our feelings, and we all know if you don’t, Jen will," Sally said with a wink

"True dat," Jen threw in there for good measure

"Ok, you two are the best friends ever I mean that I’ll be back in a little while," Jacque started

"Don’t hurry on our account You knoe’ll want details, and if you coht just throw you out theAny questions?" Jen said, again without looking up

"You haven’t looked into that medicine we’ve talked about, have you?" Sally asked her sarcastically

"Details, ok Got it," Jacque said as she turned to go

As she got to the top of the stairs and began to descend, she heard Jen yell, "Don’t think I won’t know if you’re lying I kno many bases you’ve been on, you red-headed puritan I will be able to tell fact from fiction"

"Oh, shut up already," Sally scolded

Jacque laughed and shook her head She knew that what Jen was really trying to do was lighten the mood Jen kne hot-headed Jacque could be, and if she went to Fane already upset it would be hard for her to cal reasonable just wasn’t one of her stronger attributes, much to Jacque’s frustration

As she walked into the living roo on the loveseat His arms were stretched out on the back of the seat, and his head was resting back His eyes were closed and because his breathing was so slow and even, it was hard to tell if he ake