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Julia was suddenly reminded of back in the day, when she was called into the principal’s office for talking too much in class, except this orse, much worse

"It is clear Lucian isstill curious about you" Devlin held her gaze as every muscle in her body locked up "And et who he is He has an aet coed across her cheeks as her spine stiffened even more "I would not jeopardizeyour job," he interrupted "Whatever you two decide to do or not do in your free ti as it doesn’t affect your ability to perforest what she thought he did?

"This is about the long tero back to your life If you’re snore hi behind Dev’s desk, feet kicked up on the shiny surface and legs crossed at the ankles when his older brother finally reappeared

Dev stopped just inside the roo dohen he sahere Lucian was "What are you doing?"

"Role playing," Lucian replied, grinning when he saw the muscle flex in Dev’s jaw

"I don’t think I want to knohat kind of role playing you’d be involved in"

He inclined his head "Stop being such a perv I’al son role You know the one"

"Tell me about it?" Dev walked over to the cherry oak liquor cabinet and opened the glass door

"It’s the one where you’re entrusted to escort a pretty nurse to our sick sister’s bedroom" Lucian loosely folded his ar that role on for the day See how it fits"

"This is not a conversation I plan on having again with you" Dev poured two glasses and then placed the bottle back on its shelf "As hard as it is for you to not make every decision based on your dick, I want you to try"

"I don’tthe cabinet door, he brought the two glasses over, placing one by Lucian’s knee "That sounds as believable as you only asking her questions about nursing yesterday You know, if you continue to s"

Lucian picked up the heavy glass "Is that so?"

Studying him for a moment and then his eyes narrowed "You didn’t fuck her If so, you wouldn’t still be interested in her"

"I have no idea what you’re talking about" He paused, watching the derision flicker across Dev’s face "I think Ms Hughes will do ith our sister"

"And I’ you’ve based that information off your conversation with her yesterday, because today, you spent tenher and little else"

"I didn’t eye-fuck her for the full ten minutes" Lucian took a sip of the rich liquor "There were about twoto your conversation with her"

Dev snorted The closest he’d ever coood for Maddie" Lucian ran his thuht"

Lucian widened his eyes "Holy shit, can you repeat that? But let rabalready drunk most of the bourbon he poured for himself and it wasn’t even noon

"At the warehouse," he reoing to talk about it?"

"Talk about what?" Lucian lowered the glass to his lap "You’re going to have to give s we could be talking about"

Dev didn’t answer immediately Instead he finished off the drink "The funeral The press The charity drive our father was supposed to host at the end of the hed "Wow Gabe’s not here, so you’re actually going to talk to s?"