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"No you definitely should go hang out with the teareat time"

"Thanks I’ll text you later, okay?"

"Sure Bye, Tucker"

He didn’t pull her against hi her It was as if he didn’t want to get close to her

She walked out and he shut the door

So With hiot to her car, she pal the ache of loss all the way down to her toes

What the hell was going on?

TUCKER LEANED AGAINST THE FRONT DOOR, LISTENING to the sound of Aubry’s car starting up and pulling away

He had no party to go to tonight When she’d texted that she was co he’d thought of to tell her Unfortunately, she’d showed up at his house looking gorgeous and s like candy and all he’d wanted to do was pull her into his arms and kiss her and make love to her and tell her he was in love with her

Instead, he’d sent her away

Coward

He closed his eyes and drew in a deep breath, then let it out

He was hurting her Hell, he was hurting himself This wasn’t hi a woman because he’d been threatened by her father He’d always addressed uncoht in the wine cellar with Laura, he’d told her up front and honestly that he didn’t see their relationship continuing He’d taken a knee to the balls for it, but he’d been honest with her

And now? With the wo co he’d ever done

And he still didn’t knohat the hell to do about it

He needed to talk to so up, and it would end in Houston, with a day off in between