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"How have you screwed up?" she challenged

In alist of "faults" "I didn’t play professional ball liketo college I opened a nightclub instead of working for his company I broke up with Darcy, who they considered the perfect wo, but this latest reference made Brett’s shoulders stiffen Perfect woman, huh?

Did it make her an awful person that she now officially hated AJ’s ex-girlfriend?

"I keep straying off the path I set forthem," AJ said "But I can’t screw up anyreatest these days She had a heart attack a while back, alhter-in-law to talk to…"

"What about what you need?" Brett countered

His body tensed with visible frustration "Who says my needs and theirs are mutually exclusive?"

Brett, for one, but she kept her opinion to herself AJ was agitated enough as it was, and she didn’t want to push hih his feeble declaration

He’d said so hiirls But after aluy, Brett knew his tastes ran toward not so nice He ild and rough and absolutely spectacular when he allowed hio

It suddenly dawned on her that she and AJ weren’t all that different Both trying to please their fa bits and pieces of theruffly "We should head back before all that ice creaht starts to melt"

They drove back to her apartment in silence, but Brett wasn’t concerned with the lack of conversation They’d done a lot of talking just now, and her brain was still struggling to work through all the data AJ had fed into it

AJ the gentleman made an appearance when they reached her place He carried all the bags upstairs, despite her protests that she could handle at least one But he was ada aside only so she could unlock the door, then roceries

"So chivalrous," she teased

"It’s the least I can do after du my whole life story on you"

Brett closed the cupboard and walked over to hi her pal I wanted to hear it"