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“You could have You’re stronger than you think, Brooke” He popped the top on a soda can, handed the drink to her and then opened another for himself

“You sound like Arabella”

“Smart woman that cousin of yours” He toasted the air with the can

“She’s helped me a lot since I’ve moved back I wish I could do the saement

“I’s differently than you do, but this whole family feud business is out of hand Why can’t you bury the hatchet and move on?”

“Because Cade’s side of the family won’t let us” He didn’t understand, couldn’t know the history of bad blood “They’ve pulled devious tricks, told lies, done everything they could tobefore eneration was born Noith the inheritance…”

“The trouble has to end somewhere Why not with this modern-day Romeo and Juliet?”

“Don’t ro, Gabe,” she said, a littlebetween Cade and Jase won’t heal things It will make them worse Cade’s family will treat her like trash because she’s Arabella’s foster daughter She’ll be miserable”

Gabe raised his hands in surrender “Okay, I give up We’re here to have a good time Let’s not talk about your cousins anymore”

Brooke’s head of steam fizzled “I’m sorry I shouldn’t have snapped at you that way, especially when you’re trying to be sensible about soive me?”

Gabe tilted his head, dark eyes twinkling “I don’t know I’m pretty badly wounded You may have to kiss me and make me feel all better”

“Blackmail” Brooke moved closer “I think I like it”

“Me, too” His face lowered to hers for a brief, sweet kiss that left the Gabe Wesson, to spending every day with him

“Now that’s the way to end an argument”

“We weren’t arguing” Reluctant to er “We were discussing”

“I have discussions at work and I’ve never ended one of them with a kiss”