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He loved the one where she leaned back on the bed, the phone in her hand and a sreen eyes were bright, and that s world The clock by her bed read ten o’clock Gavin rehts before He’d lost an ianizational skills

This was how she looked when she talked to hi?

Fuck, he’d explode next time he had to call her at home

Gavin flipped the photo over

Don’t let those perverted brothers touch you You’re mine

Gavin shoved the photo aside and surged to his feet Hannah was in danger, and he’d been getting a hard-on looking at evidence What kind of man was he?

You know, that voice said You know exactly what kind of man you are, asshole

He was a man who had just shoved his half brother aside in one of the cruelest ways possible

He shoved everyone away Now, he was going to lose everything if he didn’t get his shit straight

Not this tiht

Gavin paced as he waited for Slade, a plan already for

Hannah Craig stopped and stared as Dex Townsend walked out of Gavin’s office and into the grand reception area she liked to consider her turf Walked? Dex never walked He strode He swaggered And now he charged out of the office like an angry bull

She inched back into the hallway to observe him She’d discovered that all of her men tended to put on a front when they realized she was in the room

Her h at herself, but that was the way she thought of the Ja—Gavin, Slade, and Dex In her fantasies, they were her h she would never, ever tell them But she’d fallen madly in love with theue

Now one of her ht up to the wall across frory hand across his head He looked back at the door to Gavin’s office as though he wanted to ive his oldest brother a piece of hisdefinitely had Dex in a state His handsoht sheen of tears in his eyes With a little huff, he pulled back his fist and put it straight through the wall The drywall gave without a fuss,up a little cloud of dust Dex yanked on his hand to pull it free

It was ti that man down from whatever had him so mad or he’d start in on the furniture

“I never did like that wall,” Hannah said softly

Dex turned, shock obvious on his face His angry, red flush muted to an embarrassed pink

“Hannah I didn’t know you were here”

She s Life hat a person made it, her Gran had always said It was tilad soant wall in its place I’ve slapped at it a couple of times, but it always just stands there”

He huffed a little laugh “You’re crazy, girl You know that, right?” The tension in Dex dialed down several notches

“I have no idea what youout my frustrations on a wall”

She set her purse down and looked around for theto have to have a discussion with theat the hed If she let hier She opened her calendar to get ready for the day ahead

“Hannah, I’m sorry”

When she looked up, Dex was in front of her desk, six foot five inches of the hottest cowboy she’d ever seen forced into a business suit Dex had the broadest shoulders and the deepest chest, but what got her every ti heart He tried to hide it, but she knew he’d helped out more than one employee with money troubles or medical bills

If she told hi to her, he would move heaven and earth to fix the probleht there on the tip of her tongue, but she held back Dex had his own troubles, and she could handle hers She was an independent, strong wo to panic because some idiot sent her a few letters And called a couple of times And had potentially killed her cat

She forced a sies Do you want to tellviolent?” She didn’t want to bring him into her trouble, but she couldn’t stay out of his Dex and Gavin had a difficult relationship, to say the least Slade was the bridge between the two, but he wasn’t here, so it was up to her

Dex took a long breath and then that “aw shucks” s, darlin’ Just a small difference of opinion Put it out of your mind” She looked over at the hole in the wall

He flushed again “I’ll have that fixed”

The outer doors crashed open, and Slade rushed in He was one disheveled hunk of ether by one s his hard pectorals and giving her a breathtaking gliue His inky hair sat slightly askew And he looked rattled

Hannahhit in the board ”

He looked down at his clothes as though it was the first tiht “I was in a hurry Hannah, are you all right?”

“Fine”

She picked up the phone, knowing exactly what he needed This wasn’t her first rodeo, as the folks back in Two Trees liked to say “Wendy, you have a code blue” Wendy, Slade’s adhed “Which part do I need to replace? Tie? Socks? Thatathletic socks with his dress shoes”

Hannah looked Slade up and down He knew the drill, turning in a circle for her inspection

“Nope, Wendy This is a head-to-toe fixer-upper”

She hung up the phone just as Slade got a look at her wall He stared at it aat Dex

“Seriously? Please tell me that wasn’t Gavin’s head Where’s his body? Do I need to call 911?” Slade asked the questions with a sarcastic edge, but Hannah heard his concern

Dex si to call et thes to do I think I’ll skip the ”

“You can’t skip the board ”