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The only thing un in Katie’s hands

“How did so asked

Souy apart for even looking at Savannah with that hate and ownership in his eyes, as though he knew everything there was to know about the woman

Not your business, Matt Stay out of it

But the urge to protect the woo away

“I swear she’s the biggest bitch I’ve ever met”

“Well, woet h clenched teeth

Doug blinked at hiet it, and Matt waited for the words to sink in

“Give it tih”

That was the thing—Matt feared they already had In those soft hter’s hair away froht of the M&M’s, of her defiant eyes last night that didn’t quite hide the worry she felt around him

“You know, in my experience, men hate a beautiful woman for only one reason,” Matt said “What’s that?”

“The woood for them and they know it”

Doug’s eyes narrowed “They’re trash Whores Every one of therandma on down Why don’t you ask Savannah who Katie’s father is, huh?”

Matt reached out to curl his hand in the neck of Doug’s shirt

“There a proble out like steel on steel behind him and he dropped his hand

“Nope,” Matt said, looking Doug square in the eye “Doug was just leaving Don’t worry about delivering that sod,” he said “Give et it”

Doug grumbled, cast one ot back in his truck and drove away, a plume of dust behind him