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Come on, he rallied himself You know Alec inside and out There’s no way he’s fooling around Not Alec

Cate was a different story He knew aling So his attraction to her was unexpected, unwanted and totally out of character He’d always been drawn to sweet young things, ever since the transition froirls were different Wonderfully different But he’d always gone for the wholesorown up, things hadn’t changed all that much He was still attracted to women he wouldn’t be ashamed to introduce to his family

He didn’t knohy Cate had become a prostitute, but even when he’d been in the Marine Corps stationed overseas he’d never picked up a hooker Never paid for sex He had a healthy libido—okay, more than healthy to tell the truth—but he drew the line at paying for sex It was degrading to both the man and the woman

Besides, even though he and Alec didn’t have the looks in the family—Shane and Niall had a corner on that—they did have so even better Charm Charisendary in the DSS, though neither brother was the kind to kiss and tell

So the fact that he was attracted to Cate—and damn it, he couldn’t shake it off—meant he needed some answers from Alec Fast

“So tell me about Cate,” he said as soon as his brother answered the phone

“Cate? You mean Caterina?”

“Yeah But she says she doesn’t go by that name anymore Except in court”

Silence at the other end Then, “When did she tell you this?”

Lia When she told me she doesn’t use Mateja anyround About picking an alias”

“Must have been quite the conversation”

“Not really” Liaround, she told ht after I explained the concept to her”

“And do you have a need to know?” Alec asked pointedly

Liaht about it for a minute “Yeah, I think I do”

Silence hu between the lines, hearing what he wasn’t saying Finally Alec said, “Not a good idea, Lia on her”