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There was silence then A long period of silence that was so long it beca that pressed into Sabrina’s chest She felt like screao decided he’d had enough of the silent gaue’s bedroom

“Shit” Sabrina lunged after the dog but the puppy was fast It barkeduntil it was at Teague’s feet It licked at his toes tail wagging happily before running to Jack and sniffing every inch of the man that he could reach

“What the,” Jack sputtered “Since when do you have a dog?”

Teague sighed, eyesupward “It’s not mine”

“Then whose is it?” Jack looked at his brother—as looking up at Sabrina—and Jack turned toward the landing

To say that Jack Simon looked shocked would be an understateht Shocked, and as the er There was no

“Hey Jack,” she said, voice way too bright for the situation “Bingo belongs to ue could you um…could you…”

Teague strode past his brother and gathered up her scattered clothes He didn’t say a word as he headed up the stairs, but his body language spoke volumes So did the continued silence and the intensity in his eyes His fingers touched hers briefly when he handed over the pile of clothes They were cold and he seemed so damned distant that a part of her wanted to take his better

But as the point? Seeue she knew had already left and at this point she had no idea if he was co back

“I’ll ue said after a few moments “And then we should have that talk”

“Sounds good,” she replied, trying her hardest to keep an even tone

On wooden legs, she turned around and headed back to his room The ruht of loveone

God she was cold

Teeth chattering, Sabrina got dressed, wishing she could just sneak out onto the patio and bypass dealing with everything, but one glance in the mirror told her that she needed to deal with this and move on, no matter how hard it was She never wanted to see that look of hurt in her eyes again

She exhaled and counted to ten