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“Don’t be a pain in the ass”

He stroked his hand all the way along my spine and I let my eyes drift closed What on earth was I supposed to do now?

RACE AND BAX MIGHT have grown up together, but they were as opposite as day and night And not just because round, and Bax was oh-so-obviously froht and dark looks as well I woke up early again, mostly because I was surrounded by brawny, half-naked Bax and he had his hands tangled painfully insome unseen enemy, and that made my heart hurt for him Race slept like a baby He sprawled out, snored, and wouldn’t wake up if a bo with Bax was like a full-contact sport He blazed through the aisles, throwing things in the cart at random with no idea or rhyme or reason as to what they ith or what they could make as a meal He clearly had a sweet tooth because there was rown man could possibly consume Race made a list, broke it down in meals, and avoided the aisles that didn’t have the stuff he wanted in thelowered at the He was the one who had tattooed his face; I would’ve thought he would be used to it It didn’t helpthe sray Henley he had pulled out of the back of the Runner Race was affable Liked to chat and flirted shairl ent past I was having a hard tied to have any kind of friendship, let alone a brotherhood that Bax had been willing to go to jail to protect

I pulled up short when I realized ere in the phar at iant boxes of condo for me to decide what I wanted to do about it All I could do was stare at him If he didn’t seem to be two different est fan of the brute that bossed uy who held ht and brushed my hair softly off my face I kind of had a major crush on It sucked that they both inhabited the sahed “Just get thehed at me and then made a face and put a hand on his side I had refused to use the superglue on his cut, but noondered if that was a good idea The wound was still oozing blood and it obviously hurt hi He tossed not one, but two boxes in the cart and wheeled around so we could go check out

“I still think you should go see a doctor and get stitches You were stabbed”

He looked down atdifference It’ll be fine That was a sharp-ass knife, it was a clean cut”

I noticed a wo him the once-over He just seemed to have that kind of draw to the opposite sex I rolledto win? I told you he handed round”

He gavehim out Where my brother would have s, Bax just stared at her until she had no choice but to look away

“I had to win because you were there”

I handed him stuff as he tossed it on the belt “What does that have to do with anything?”

“You fight until one guy is down, like out, unconscious or dead If I lost, then you would be in that club and Nassir would have served you up to the wolves Benny, Novak, whoever he thought he could hand you over to, and get the most out of it He kneouldn’t lose”

I just looked at hiuy had a knife He could’ve won”