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“Okay,” she said softly

Jack took the s from her and kissed her on the cheek “Thank you”

Hiswhen his father joined them Noah Simon was an older version of Jack He was a ive his wife some leehen it came to their kids

They’d been together for years and had certainly seen their ups and downs, but the two of them had always rateful If he and Donovan could have half of what his parents enjoyed, they’d be damn lucky

“You tork out your issues?” Noah asked lightly, taking a sip from his coffee

“We’re good,” Jack answered

His father glanced upstairs before taking another sip of his coffee “Theto be relentless They’ll be all over this She’s a whole other ball of wax”

“Nothing we can’t handle”

But Jack wasn’t stupid He kne invasive the media could be America’s infatuation with his family coupled with Donovan’s celebrity and the fact that they’d already failed once was going to be front and center The fact that he was running for Senator and hoping to snare that seat in the fall could suffer

He thought of Derek and the da to have to deal with all of it sooner than later He knew the first thing out of his ca to be, ‘Is she worth it?’

A squeak had hi his head toward the stairs and Donovan froze, her hand on the railing, Maverick just behind her

His cousin was a big guy, tall and athletic, like all of the Sioddamn beautiful Dressed in simple pair of jean shorts and white T-shirt, her hair was pulled up into a ponytail, her face was free of makeup and he wanted to scoop her up into his arms and kiss her until her head spun

She was one hundred and fifty percent worth it

“Hey,” he said gruffly watching her take the stairs slowly She was favoring the foot he’d bandaged

“Hey,” she answered, eyes on him She paused on the bottom step and for a second, she looked like the proverbial deer caught in the headlights He wasn’t used to seeing an unsure Donovan Jaht now, she looked frail and vulnerable as hell