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Kyler sipped his cola and then said, “Have you considered that youto do with her?”

The lanced fro on Kyler “Me?”

“Yes, you,” Kyler said in a stern voice “Perhaps you are her problem”

“I already asked her that,” Aidan said through clenched teeth “She said it was not about anything that I had done to her”

Kyler arched a brow “Maybe it’s what you haven’t done”

“Kyler,” Dmitri said slowly

“What?” Kyler growled After one look at D, deep breath and his voice lost its heat “I’ that have you ever considered thatto protect you?”

Protect him from what?

Aidan’s nostrils flared, heat rising to his face “Have you talked to her about this?”

Kyler shook his head “Nope”

“Then shut up,” Aidan all but spat “I played with her on Saturday and there was no hint that she had an issue with aze to Porter “Did Cora tell you that it was about me?”

Porter was drinking his beer and exchanged a look with Dmitri before he lowered his bottle “Cora talked to ave Aidan a hard look “You need to ask her”

Aidan considered that answer If it wasn’t about Aidan, then he didn’t doubt Porter would have just said so But he hadn’t, had he? What in the fuck had Aidan done to her? He regarded the men around him No one would look at hi Cora As if they all knew some secret he didn’t As if she had told them and sworn them to secrecy

For the first time since he joined the lifestyle, he cursed the very fact that Dohts private “Do you all know so I don’t?”

D Aidan’s “We know she cares for you and that you care for her That is not the question But as to what’s troubling her, Aidan, I can only guess” He placed his hand on Aidan’s shoulder “Porter is right You need to talk about this with her It’s not our place to get in the middle of this conversation”