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Luke had missed Sierra’s call He’d been too wrapped up in what he had just heard to answer the phone Was Cole really going to see Lucie tonight? After everything that the three of theoing to flaunt his involve to Luke’s face and telling hiht But he had believed hiine the devastation this would have on Sierra Which was partly the reason he had let her call go to voice to be the one to break the news to her, and at the time she had called, he wouldn’t have been able to keep froht he had under control was surfacing oncehot and fiery as hell The bastard

He thought about asking Lucie what the hell that was all about, but decided against it She worked for hie around him for a while now, but Luke chalked it up to the fact that she had been caught stealing They had set up a pay the ood about the idea When he tried to talk to her about it, she claht thing to do

So here they were Lucie was paying hi him back as well For what, he didn’t know And he dao about approaching Cole about it Part of hio to Lucie’s and wait for Cole to show up, just so he could beat the shit out of hi? He wanted to beat the shit out of Cole for hurting hirabbed it frolanced at the caller id

Sierra

He very well couldn’t ignore her Especially since she had called twice in the last thirty minutes

“What’s wrong?” He asked immediately when he hit the talk button

“Can you coe, a little shaky

“Now?” Luke headed to his office, fully intending to leave, regardless of what her ansas

“Whenever you get a chance” She told hi very unsure of herself

“I’ll be there in a fewher reassurance

“It will be”

And what the hell was that supposed toto wonder what the hell was going on Both Cole and Sierra were acting strange And here he had been getting co he had warned himself not to do Yes, that likely an could make a relationship work, Luke was bound and deteror, Luke grabbed a s at the bar to let Kane know he’d be gone for a while Luketomorrow, because the man definitely deserved a raise

The drive to Sierra’s took longer than Luke wanted it to, but the afternoon traffic was a bitch That was the one thing Luke hated about Dallas No matter what time of day, or what day it was, traffic sucked With his irritation level already reaching epic proportions, the added frustration hadn’t helped his mood any Thankfully he pulled into Sierra’s drive, which helped hi her tended to do that to hiht be an irate asshole most of the time, but when it came to Sierra, she was the only person who could soothe his frazzled nerves Just seeing her was like a salve to what seemed to be a constant ache inside of him Since the norant reactions, Luke knew that he lived for this worabbed the small box he had tossed in the center console and re it into his pocket, he was overcome with an emotion he wasn’t all that faht to be He didn’t knohat he alking into, but heaven help hi what it was she needed to talk to hione back to thinking she was ht almost leveled hi breath – it didn’t help one bit – and rapped his knuckles against the door A few seconds later, the door opened, and the most beautiful woman in the world stood before him That’s when his heart plu