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“The McDowells or just Scott?”

“Does it matter?”

“Not to me,” he said frankly “I can sort of see where you had a hard tio ith you and the McDowells in a similar situation”

“Are you suggesting I would let men use me up like that?”

Hales couldn’t win here and the last thing he needed to do was provoke Gemma She clearly needed a friend and he wanted to be her friend Truth be told, he wanted to be more than her friend but he’d also been warned by his brothers as well as by several of Scott McDowell’s closest friends Geed to the McDowells and they weren’t interested in sharing her with a Blazier

Hales sniffed “Game on”

“What?” Gemma lifted a brow

He touched her face and adh delicate cheekbones and her slender nose and thin lips She looked like a fashion runway model and while she didn’t have those full curves like her sisters, Hales thought she was perfect, gorgeous in fact

“I was told to stay away froame on’ and meant it” He brushed his knuckles across her cheek and lowered his head to hers Before he took the kiss he wanted, he asked her, “Do you mind if I kiss you, Gemma?”

“You don’t want to kissto the door

Instead of following her, he called out, “You haven’t done anything that a little mouthon’t cure Go rinse out your mouth and come back down here and kiss me”

Expecting to hear a door slam in the distance, he was quite surprised when she walked up behind hiht fists balled at her sides “That is not what I meant!”

“Then what did you mean?”

“I’ve been drinking all day”

“So?”