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“You don’t care if she knows you’re with me?”

Not what he’d been expecting Sarah to ask, neither did he understand why she had

He frowned “Why would I care if she knows?”

Insecurity shone behind her glasses “I I just wondered I wasn’t sure how much your family knew about your women”

Maybe because he was concerned he’d miscalculated on the helicopter trip or maybe in retaliation for the vulnerability he felt at the intense protectiveness she evoked in hih

“You’re not one of my women, Sarah”

She wasn’t She washurt by his outburst

He could see it in how she averted her gaze, in how she looked even rip on his hand loosened

“That didn’t coh his hair but knowing Penny atching from where she now stood next to the helicopter “Let’s not talk about other women, Sarah They don’t matter” They never had, but especially they didn’t at thatto recapture the ic that had sparkled there when they’d left the theater, when they’d been at the restaurant, before he’d spilt his guts to her “Okay?”

“Fine by me” But there was no sparkle as she eyed the helicopter, just wariness

“Sarah?” His pretty cousin with long, wavy chocolate-brown hair greeted the Davenport blue that his family was famous for and that they couldn’t escape

“I knoe’ve buency department from time to time,” Penny continued “But we’ve never officially met It’s nice to meet you”

Sarah went to shake the wo instead

Seconds later, Penny had hi, too To be so tiny, his cousin packed a punch He’d always connected to Penny on a level he hadn’t with the rest of his family Maybe because they were both risk-takers and didn’t fall into line with family expectations

“It’s good to knowhim a playful punch in the shoulder, ht do