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Slowly, recognition seeped into his eyes Heart pounding, she re the waro "Wait a minute The car crash The name Your father"

She sed and told the rest "Yes My father ith your ether"

It took him a while to process She waited, naked, in his bed, and hoped he’d let her explain "Wait ahave you known about this?"

His voice was so cold, as if he were speaking with a stranger and not soift She pressed the sheet to her bare breasts and sat up Oh, how she wanted to lie

But she couldn’t

"I’ve known for the last year Since the first tiot up froed his jeans on She flung out words, desperate for him to understand "Dalton, please listen to ry when I found out who you were I was going to tell you to never come back For years I’ve been bitter and resentful over howwhen I lost him, and I blamed your mother I never knehat really happened and why he would’ve left"

"And you thought I had more information," he said tonelessly "That’s why you started finally talking to me That’s why you allowed me to do the work on the bar"

She nodded,to lie about that You kept asking ht be able to learn some crucial pieces to this puzzle that’s haunted hed humorlessly "And you think I know more about the accident than you? You don’t think I’ve hadmy mother was manipulated by your father to run off with him?"

"It wasn’t like that," she said hotly "This whole tiht your , Dalton This was more than a casual hookup or impulsive decision I also know ood From what you’ve told me about your mother, it’s the same way I think there’s ured out"

He rubbed his hands over his forehead, cursing viciously under his breath "That would be convenient for you, wouldn’t it? You’d feel better about lying to e and a fa insults about our parents," she said softly "Aren’t you tired of living your life blaive you answers? I’er, and hate Don’t you realize you taught me there’s so much more for us? We don’t have to let our parents’ past dictate our future Yes, I started off wanting more information, but every day I spent with you, I fell deeper and deeper Nothing between us was a lie, Dalton I fell in love with you"

He just stared at her She shifted under the sheets, al would be so aze as he assessed her "Let ht now," he said, his tone"You decide to do an undercover operation and spend tiather inforto sleep withthe cold, hard piece of ice lodged in her gut He had every right to be angry and cruel She owed hi with you was never in the plan You got the job for the bar because you asked for it and were the best I decided the tiether could be useful"

"Useful I like that word" His gaze flicked over her in disgust "What were you going to do when you confir bitch?"

She flinched "At first, I wanted to restore my father’s reputation After the accident, your fa cruel ru your mother I was destroyed I had no ht back That’s why I ran away all those years, to find e by discovering the truth, proving e of"

"But now you don’t believe that"

"No, I don’t I think they were in love I think there were other things between them we don’t know about, but that neither of them wanted to hurt anyone"