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"What?" he blurted Stitches?

"--and they said the concussion wasn’t bad--"

"What?" A concussion? Was everyone out of theirtheir private pictures and texts paled at the thought of Daphne attacking Kylie He suspected she’d be jealous if she found out about theined that she would hurt Kylie

Helpless outrage blasted through hi attacked, he was overseas at a conference He felt like a self-iet hurt because of hie?

He pointed at the door, nearly shaking with rage "If you don’t let me in here, God helpyou in The labelto risk I just hate seeing what they’re doing And you’re not the only one tired of Daphne’s bullshit"

With that, she ran her pass through the cardswiper on the back of the door and gestured for Cade to enter

Cade surged his way into the building, sla down the hall The need to see Kylie--to know if she was all right, or if she was hurt worse than he’d been told--roared through hi For once, Cade was in danger of losing his cool For once, he was about to lose his uy

His as threatened, and that meant all bets were off the table

Then, he turned a corner and the room opened up There was Kylie, her back to him as she faced a makeup mirror Daphne was nowhere to be seen, and the roohtness and sense of fun that norone

"Kylie," he said, approaching her

She turned, and he saw the enor the stitches She was pale despite her ht of her broke his heart His loving, sweet, open Kylie looking as if she was frightened? Her spirit traer

Kylie hesitated at the sight of him, and that hurt even more As if she shouldn’t approach him As if he was off-limits to her