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I frowned at ,” I relayed once more with sass

“You don’t have to protect me I can take it”

I shouldered passed hi happened”

“Bullshit”

And just as I rolled my eyes and opened my mouth to respond, I came to a standstill

Why?

Because when I glanced in the living room, I saw the back to rated out, “I asked you not to call”

Lev stood from his place on the sofa and took a step toward ht, Anika? I can’t tell”

God, Lev Not now

Sasha glanced down at the coffee table, his jaw tight, his words clinical “Watch the attitude He orried”

“Worried?” I asked my brother caustically “You orried?”

“Of course I was” He had the nerve to glare at me

“Well—” I threw ratulations That’s exactly what he wanted, jackass”

“What?” Vik looked confused

“Yeah,” I told hime to eat”

Vik shook his head “No, Anika You don’t know hiuy”

“I never said he was, Vik, but I’ with you He told me so himself Wanted you to be scared, wanted you to knoho the better man was The an to nod “Yeah He said that And I sat there all night, conversationless, because the guy doesn’t like to talk So, you can stop looking at me like that”

“Like what?”

“Like I just lost er “Nothing happened” Vik looked at me sadly then, and I couldn’t deal with it I spun on Sasha, and his cool, golden gaze irkedout in a wide arc “I whored pin, and he didn’t even want me Happy?”

Sasha did not say a word No one did