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His brows rose “Why didn’t you tell them?”

She glanced away “Does it matter?”

His gaze narrowed “What aren’t you telling me?”

“Nothing”

“Oh, it’s so Talk to me Maybe I can help”

She glanced at him “Why would you want to do that?”

“Because whether you want to believe it or not, I want to be your friend”

“And not steal the island out froret her words “I’m sorry I didn’tin ht”

He didn’t say anything for aher words At last, he stuck out his hand “How about we call a truce?”

She glanced down at his hand The last thing she wanted to do in that moment was touch him Every time their bodies connected, it was like her ht thing The least she could do was meet him halfway

She reached out her hand and as their fingers and palms touched, a shiver of excite in her chest Was it just her iers move ever so slowly over her palave her when she went onto the main island with Popi and they stopped in a taverna

But then in a blink the look was gone, and after a quick shake, he withdrew his hand Lea was left wondering if she was just seeing what she wanted to see or if Xander was actually still interested in her

“There” He smiled “Now can we act like friends instead of adversaries?”

“I didn’t think I was being adversarial”

He sighed “You’re doing it again”