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Sa back and forth between Sierra and Luke Without further hesitation, Sierra grabbed her purse and walked away Maybe she was being petulant, or aht

Sierra would have thought that the pounding bass and the consistent chatter would have drowned out the sound that had her stopping her tracks The husky, sexy voice that called out to Luke was fa Sierra she was none too happy with her designs

Susan Toulmin, better known as Susie Mackendrick apparently, seemed to know her way around the club, which told Sierra everything she needed to know Despite the warning bells sounding off in her brain, she turned toward the voice, just in time to see the beautiful Dallas larap her ar… nor was the kiss that followed

Oh, God Sierra forced her feet toher dizzy She was going to throw up, and it had nothing to do with the alcohol she had consuh to convince her feet to move toward the door, but the second she stepped out into the cool night air, the da on a sob, Sierra lowered her head, hoping no one would see the woone two steps out the door before she ca for up into familiar ocean blue eyes

Why her? Why today?

“Sierra?”

Oh, great The pity she saw in those exquisite eyes was nearly her undoing When Cole gripped her ar her out of the path of the crowd, she wanted to just slink into a corner and die

“Honey, what’s wrong?” The tender tone of his voice didn’t help the steady flow of tears, but so “Nothing I – I need to – to go” With that Sierra skirted past Cole and down the narrow corridor that would lead her to the underground parking garage Her feet didn’t seeh, but the further she an to feel

Chapter Twenty Five

Luke was caught off guard when Susie walked up to the table, her sultry, southern twang a complete distraction to the fact that Sierra had just up and walked away He stood, fully intending to go after Sierra, only to find Susie walking right into his arms He abruptly wrapped his ar his balance, but before he could pull away, Susie planted a scorching hot kiss firlare his brother shot him, and the look of horror on Sa that just happened And being the dumbass that he was, Luke didn’t chase after her Instead, time slowed to a crawl as the four of them stared at one another in fascinated shock Well, everyone except Susie who appeared to be oblivious if her constant rao by

Minutes later, Luke found hi at the table with the three of the “And you wouldn’t believe this interior designer I hired” Susie stated, capturing the full attention of everyone at the table

“Since I ured for sure I would be getting top notch when I hired her She’s new to the interior design world and green as hell Unfortunately, she’s ave her credit for The woet it I’m not sure how she intends to make it in that business if she is too stupid to take any sort of direction Iher exactly what I want?”

Sa her chair back so hard it nearly tuan pointedly, noteye contact with Luke

If she expected Luke to say so Oh, he knew he should defend Sierra, he knew he should say anything that would make Susie put a lid on it, but he couldn’t seem to come up with the words

For the last few days, Luke’s emotions had been all fucked up, and he didn’t kno to even talk to Sierra As it would appear, the night the three of the effect on Luke Unable to get his shit together, he’d successfully th all week It appeared the arm had just turned into a football field

Luke could only watch as Logan and Sa a hole into hi retribution later That was par for the course these days or so it seeo by, Luke had successfully morphed back into the world class asshole