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My voice is shaking in rage

"What did I do?" She widens her eyes innocently

"I met with a client I patted his shoulder when he expressed nervousness about talking witha chaperoned photo shoot witha conversation

"Is this how it’s always going to be, Sa my motives with your brother for the next sixty years? Do you have any idea how much money I’m worth without Luke? I don’t need his money or his contacts When my parents died I inherited over twenty asp, but I keep going

"Your brother is famous Get over it

I wouldn’t love hi, if that’s where his passion was You see hi haul I’d prefer to have a friendly relationship with you I think that if you gave me half a chance you’d like me

"But I will not continue to be disrespected by you I don’t deserve it"

"I don’t trust you," she spits out through clenched teeth

"I don’t trust you either, so I guess we’re even" I look at Luke to see what he’s thinking His hands are in his pockets

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I continue to look at Luke He hasn’t answeredat Samantha

"Well?" I raise my eyebrow at him

"No, this is your home," he says quietly and his eyes warm Oh, thank God

"Sam," he says quietly and walks around the table to her She’s still glaring at ripslike crazy

"Stop this I a like anyone froot to knock the chip off your shoulder and h his hair and looks over at me, then turns his attention back to her "If you don’t trust her, trustto you"

Sam shakes her head and closes her eyes, and she suddenly looks tired "I can’t bear to see you hurt again"

"You are hurting h he’s hit her

"What?"

"When you hurt her, you hurt me

Stop This is our home, and if you can’t respect her in it, you’re not welco me to his sister and I just want to wrap myself around him and kiss him, but I stay where I am, riveted

I look around the roo enough

"I’ht "Let’s have brunch I think Mark’s about to eat all the bacon by himself"