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Abby gritted her teeth How could he make her feel for him one minute and infuriate her so easily the next?

“Okay, I’ll go along with your little secret hunt if you tell ,” he said

“What do you want to know?” She eyed hiht ask

“Does e’re doing have anything to do with the circles under your eyes?” He leaned over her seat and gently touched a fingertip to the sensitive skin below her eye “Does it have to do with this thing you won’t tell me ab

out?”

He asked a question She should answer, but she couldn’t think under his probing gaze and the tiny sparks shooting down her spine at his touch All she could do was nod

“Then it’s totally worth it”

She exhaled the breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding, glad his fingers were back on his side of the car, and away from her skin

See? That wasn’t so bad Toes in, feet wet

She could totally do this

BESIDE HER, KADEN WHISTLED

She slowed the car in front of her grandparents’ house, knohat he sahen he took in the expansive yard, perfectly e three-story colonial Six of Kaden’s little ranch horound swi pool out back The Mercedes parked in the hand-stamped cement driveaway only added to the affluent aesthetic She had never thought ht look to outsiders—but as Kaden leaned forward in his seat, eyes wide as they approached, the scrutiny ance had never seeh Kaden’s eyes how it ht come off to others

“Urandparents lived in a mansion,” Kaden said

“It’s not a uilty?

She slowed in front of the driveahen soht her eye Someone was in the backyard