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“With the way you talk about him,” he barked, full of dislike at both her words and the way she was looking toward his cousin, “I’m surprised you didn’t sleep with him instead of me”

It was a lo Jude kneas a lo He’d like to retract the stupid words, but couldn’t

Staring at him in wide-eyed horror, Sarah’s jaw dropped “Did you really just say that?”

Yeah, he had He shouldn’t have His words had been crass and hateful and stupid

What rong with him?

He’d felt like the luckiest ht up until Vanessa had called hiement throw him so far off center?

Make his head cloudy and old hurt, old fears, abound?

Or was it how happy he’d been a few hours ago that was gettingwith his head?

“While you think about what you just said, I’ratulations to Charles and Grace” With that quiet scolding, Sarah gave hi Grace and kiss Charles on the cheek

Jealousy erupted within Jude the likes of which he’d never known Irrational jealousy because he knew Sarah wasn’t attracted to Charles

He also knew that Charles was in love with Grace

Yet jealousy blinded him

Just as it had before he’d opened his mouth and spewed stupidity

Blinded him

To rational thought