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Oh no, no, no "Autu to your brother You’re the only person he really cares about If he thought I was trying to turn you against him, he’d hate me"

She raised an eyebrow "And would you care?"

Thankfully, her cell rang before I had to answer that It lay on the island and she had her feet tucked under her so I stood up to get it for her

"Leave it," she said, trying to untangle herself

But I was already up

DARREN

Calling

I held up the phone to her, suddenly no longer distracted fro on her forearhtened and I saw the flash of sonore it I’ll talk to him later"

The phone rang off in ain

I stared at her as she stared at the phone, growing paler by the second Eventually Darren stopped calling But then it started ringing iain

"If you two have split up, why is he calling you so persistently?"

She sed hard "Oh, he left soe for him to collect it"

Autumn O’Dea needed a lesson in how to lie

Her phone buzzed and a e from Darren popped up

If you don’t pick up

Da e?

"Give me the phone"

"What does his text say?"

Autuut toldmy expression, she looked past me and into the kitchen "Is that the time? Wow IuhI told Killian I’d coive hiot up and put her et her boots back on

She didn’t look at me the entire time

"Autumn"

"You’ll call if you needmy eyes, and was out of the apartazed across the roo on this earth that could compel me to call Killian

Except fear for his little sister’s safety

What if I rong though? I bit uy she’d du her didn’t kno to back off? Killian had proven he illing to get his hands dirty to protect someone, and I was sure whatever he dealt out on Autumn’s behalf would be a hundred times worse

If I didn’tto be worried about, and then this guy did turn out to be dangerous, I’d never forgive ht

Autu, the possibly threatening text

Screw it I crossed the roorabbed my cell My hands shook a little as I pressed speed dial and held the cell up tome?

I didn’t knohy that surprised or hurt h , Skyscraper Records, Mr O’Dea’s office, how