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"Le up on Andy before he could even respond "What friend?" he asked in thevoice he’d used on Nellie to date This pissed hi at her tablet in a voice so low that he barely heard her, but he did and he was instantly lit up

He jerked the car off the exit they were about to pass so fast that Nellie gasped

"Saas tothe car off the road, he turned off the ignition and glared at her now startled eyes "Are you seeing hiing as it was terrifying Did he really want to know? Was this soht? But there was no turning back now She was nuts if she thought he’d stand back idly, knowing she was on a date with Sam He’d hunt them down and the media could finally have what they wanted out of Aweless Ayala It’d be the scene of all scenes--the brawl before the main event

"I’ve seen hi with hi, but would it ry one or resentful that he was being de It sounded hopeful, but there was a trace of so down his lethal tone a notch, and took her hand in his Only then did he realize how his own hand practically shook with tension "I can’t do this any for a serious relationship, but I can’t fking stand the thought of you with someone else"

Her eyes ide, and he saw of hint of a sirl from--"

"It’s all bullshit I swear to you" With the hope of her not telling him off yet, he decided to be completely honest Thanks to Noah she already kneay "She works at the gyone out with her in the past, but since I’ve been seeing you, there’s been no one else No one, Nellie I’m crazy about you, and I don’t want to be with anyone else" He couldn’t stress it enough "I want you and only you, but I need this to go both ways I won’t push for anything too serious if you’re not ready for that, but I do need to know that you’re not seeing anyone else"

She stared at him, her eyes still unsure "The photos of you and her theknew it! "She kissed me, and it wasn’t even on the lips It was close but not quite, only the angle they got made it look as if we did" Now he spoke as quickly as Andy did in the hopes of her not cutting hi one of the 5th Street hopefuls being featured in a big fitnessa layout for soon But I swear to you none of what the tabloids are saying is true" He squeezed the steering wheel, knowing there’d been no ht Saone out with hias to see her? "You and Sam? I saw you kiss him" He cleared his throat, afraid to ask, but he had to know "You said you haven’t slept with him, but have you done more than that kiss I saw?"

The one was seared in his fking brain now He stared at her wide eyes as she shook her head "No"

"You’re not still seeing hiain like when he’d told her he needed her in Vegas with him, the desperation in his own voice surprised hi you’re with hian to cry He had several reactions that he was expecting fro?"

He leaned in, bringing her to him, and she ih her tears against the side of his head "You have no idea what I’ve been going through these last several weeks, fearing the end was near Hearing about you and Rachel and then seeing those photos nearly killed ht I felt soht I felt it in San Francisco" She pulled away and looked at him Even with her face all red and her makeup smeared, she was still beautiful "And then those photos" She shook her head again, staring into his eyes "It’s the only reason why I went to that brunch with Sa If only he’d had the balls to act on his instincts sooner "Is he really flying out here just to h she was telling him she hadn’t slept with Sa than what he’d witnessed The guy wouldn’t be coh the way Abel felt now he’d go to the ends of the earth just to see her now Sam was probably as taken by Nellie as Abel was Who could bla now as he waited for her to answer

"No, he said it’s part work and part pleasure," she said, wiping the corners of her eyes now

Part pleasure? Yeah, Abel bet "But you’ll cancel any plans you had with hiht?"