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“Chicken?” she asked sweetly “You wanted the dare”

“I’d be happy to takerooaet naked to your heart’s content Unfortunately, there are both a dress code and health regulations in a restaurant Which means your dare is invalid”

First the insistence he always paid his fair share of taxes and then he’d refused her dare because of health regulations? She bit back the noise of disgust Barely “When did you become such a boy scout?”

“I’ve never willingly broken the law” He shrugged “So there’s your answer since I can’t take the dare My turn”

“Your turn for what?” she asked, te citizen

Honesty? Just because truth was the na But in reality, he’d never been anything but forthright in their relationship Sure, he’d dumped her and broken her heart But he’d been honest about it

“To ask you a question” He finished off his dinner and chewed thoughtfully “What’s the nauy you were in love with?”

Love The word echoed through her chest cavity, which was still euy she’d fallen in love with Her stomach rolled and the wine soured in her mouth

Stupid gah he was reading her mind And she couldn’t take the dare—she’d bet his hundredimpossible like sit in his lap for five minutes or put her underwear in his pocket with her toes

Why had she started this game? To prove he’d become someone untrustworthy, when she had no evidence of his involveer, when she’d only ed to prove the exact opposite?

Or some deeper reason that she couldn’t admit, even internally?

Trapped and furious with herself, she stared at hirew And then she pictured the shock on his face if she blurted out Gage Branson in response to his question That was perhaps what stung the most—he didn’t even realize he’d detonated a landmine in her heart

The eitation inside boiled over And that was unacceptable