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We drove the last few blocks in silence, but I kept hearing Nate’s words in my head As soon as he wheeled into our driveway, I was out and rounding the vehicle Nate just opened his door when I reached in, grabbed him I yanked hi, and I hit him I hit hio I turned around, not giving a daround or if he was just dazed If I looked, I’d want to hit hiain, and "

"No" I shook er melted, but it was replaced with bitterness "He’s not"

"He’s wrong, Logan He is" My brother’s voice quieted "Tate did this shit to you Kris and Sam, they didn’t Don’t let hi, too "Don’t you get it? It’s not them It’s not even Tate" That was the problem "I wish it was them"

"Then what is it? Are you hardened?"

"Yeah" I drew in a sharp breath That stung, even just ad that "But it’s not because of any of them That’s not why I’h The sound was sad and bitter It ca, who’d raised me since ere little, didn’t know But it wasn’t his problem He had someone who’d never leave him He’d never leave her He never had to have this proble an" He started to co hihtmare kept me awake for a while, so when I went back to sleep, it was late I woke up late, and when I checked my phone, there were no texts froan I was already grinning when I clicked on the first one

Drunk 3 a my taco ;) Are you my taco?

That was folloith, All jokes aside, I want to take you to that place Your DoucheCanoe lives right next to it, but it’s good food It’s worth the risk of e It had arrived earlier this over headache That’s it Reading overtacos I thought I watched soht

And the last one was sent an hour ago Heading houy I’ over Don’t call the cops on ot a five-second warning I read that text, heard a car door shut, andHe was holding his finger to it I cursed,a bra, and hurried to answer the door

Logan stepped back, but kept his finger on the doorbell as I opened the door "You didn’t answer rabbed his arm, pulled it away Finally, the air was silent My ears were not They were still ringing "I’ for the next hour"

"Givemy butt on the way "I’llyour own climax for the next week, Firecracker"

Oh dear God I stopped in the doorway His words and the casual way he spoke theroaned under ?" he asked

I rolled my eyes as I shut the door "Did you have to use that word?"

He’d disappeared around the corner to the kitchen, but he calint in his eyes "We can skip the forht for your bedrooainst my chest like it wanted out "Can you lay off and at least let me have a cup of coffee?"

I stopped as soon as I started I used the wrong word this tirin went up a notch "You want me to stop, and you say that toiving hiain, I didn’t trust ht end up in an followed me, and I snuck a look at hi around the kitchen and dining room, and for once, his hawk-like attention wasn’t on et real with an Kade was a tornado When he showed up, he took over, and everything ept up in his wake Yes, as soon as I’d seen hi to happen It always did, but this ti it I wanted more time with him, outside of the bedroom I poured htened around the handle I had to e so over the table

Logan was hot and chars needed to si hts, and why the hell weren’t we already up there?

"You okay?" he asked