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She’d proht he’d avoided it with all the talk about Greg and Theresa and his feelings, which was bad enough He should have known that wouldn’t satisfy Paige And he owed her nized that An explanation A reason All the da himself since he’d first kissed her

He wanted to repay her for all her goodness, her kindness, all she’d done for hi away from her would be the best way to do that, wouldn’t it? It could be the only way to protect her From him And from Whitney’s wrath

"I’m married to your sister," It was the easiest answer

"And you’re getting divorced because she treated you horribly," she ree always saw right through the easy answers Straight to the honest ones "Tell me the real reason why"

So many reasons Too many Because he didn’t deserve to be with her now after he’d been so stupid as to let Whitney turn his head nine years ago Because risking his heart again seemed impossible when it was so badly bruised and battered Because Paige deserved more than a e would shoot down every one of theed he was

All he could get out was, "It’s just not possible"

She gazed at hi his face Her lips were still wet and lush fro frozen all the way to his heart

"Anything’s possible, Evan You just have to be willing"

Then she walked inside and shut the door behind her

Paige sagged against the closed door, dropping her head into her hands

She’d practically begged him to come in, to make love to her

But he couldn’t see past the other women in his life Or the darkness that still haunted hi it out of her purse, she saw that it was Whitney again

It was just like her sister to choose the absolute perfect--or worst--e swiped the call away She would not let Whitney destroy the beautiful, hotin Evan’s arms It didn’t ht be slightly ahen they explained things to people But it didn’t hts to hie put her hands to her cheeks They were burning, and her lips were still tingling from his kiss

Evan wanted her She had no more doubts about that If the door had been unlocked and she’d pulled hi that, she’d stopped Asked Let his he thought he was doing She’d let him walk away