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Stilling the sith her foot, Gwen blinked He could be so da with this "Of course I have a copy"

"So, you know that your father’s name isn’t on it" A muscle in his cheek ticked "But you knoho he is, don’t you?"

It wasn’t so much a question as it was a dare for Gwen to deny it, to lie to hiht she’d have reason to lie about it, he obviously knew the truthwhich ured she should have expected that There was no reason for hi What hurt worse was his stiff behavior and curt voice "Now you think that I, what, ith Kenny Cogman?" She’d tried to keep her tone even but failed by a mile

"Why didn’t you tell me he was your father?"

The note of betrayal in his tone made her spine lock "Oh, I’ about you?"

"I spoke to you about my family," Zander pointed out "I told you more than I’ve told uard "Kenny isn’t my family I don’t even consider Hanna my family I haven’t seen her since the social worker took ht" And Gwen had absolutely no issue with that "Kenny’s spers--that’s the extent of his role in ht Zander, but Kenny wasn’t coh her half sister "Do you consider Geena fa that one The subject of Geena was off-limits

"We know you’re in contact with her"

Then they’d certainly run an extensive search "If by that you mean you had someone check my phone records, you and your pack are creepyway too far"

"Given how different you are fro conscience, I fail to understand why you’re in contact with her"

Well, given he and his pack had invaded her privacy in such a way, Gwen failed to understand why he thought she’d tell hi, I’d have married you, okay" She held up her hand when he went to speak "Climb back out of my ass, Zander My business is exactly that--mine"

His fists clenched "She’s as bad as Kenny Worse in so to do with someone like that? Make et it"

"I don’t need you to get it" Gwen rose fro "And I don’t have to explain or justify myself to you--and definitely not to your nosy-ass pack I’ve got an idea If you have such a probleet the fuck out of it and go back to California"

"Is that what you want?" he clipped "For me to leave?"

No, she didn’t Nonetheless"Tell round search on you that totally invaded every inch of your life and then I expected you to explain your choices, would you actually care to do that?"

He sighed "Gwen--"

"Would you wantI have so little respect for your privacy?"

"I wasn’t the one who ordered the background search, Gwen No one did it to hurt you--my pack’s intention was to be sure that Bracken and I knew everything we needed to know They did it out of concern for our safety"