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Phillip pursed his lips

“I don’t like to give advice—”

“But you’ll make an exception for me,” Lara interrupted

His rin actually appeared and gave a regal nod instead

How on earth were they actually related?

“I feel as if I owe it to you todown at his hands For the first ti the backs of them, as if he’d been cut

Her gaze traced the bruises on his face, pain tying knots in her belly at the thought of what he’d been through

“Phillip—”

“As I was saying,” he broke in before she could express her—what? Syret? She felt them all, but didn’t kno to put them into words So she lifted her hands to let hih soet close or realize they had sos

Which would ht

And Lara wasn’t about to let that happen

“Castillo ant in his belief that he knows best,” Phillip said,a kettle “But in this case, I think he had your best interest at heart”

“You think draggingto play faainst our will, then clai my best interest at heart?”

Phillip’s expression didn’t change for a few seconds, then he sighed “Okay, if you put it that way, he sounds like an ass”

Lara snorted, then laughed so hard she could only nod her agreement

“But ass or not, he really did see with you earlier”

Laughter fading, Lara took a sip of her iced tea before shrugging

“Sure, he was upset How often is Do?”

“Was he wrong? Or was he si you what you wanted to hear?”

Ouch