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His footsteps dogged hers on the stairs “Last night you assured ”

“And you believed me when I was that drunk?” She shot him a frown over her shoulder “Shame on you”

He looked guilty for a briefto work You can try to turn this back on me, but I had plenty of time to think after you passed out”

She faced forward, her heart thu madly in panic “Hope you didn’t hurt yourself”

“Aw, look at that” A weak insults to avoid the truth”

Roxanna was at her shop door now, and desperate to get inside as he crowded close enough for her to once again inhale the goodness of him He wouldn’t follow her in there to keep up with the interrogation, would he? Clearly he had figured it out, so why the hell was he so intent on pushing this damn point, anyway?

To humiliate me even more

Okay, then, how could she convince him the truth was not really the truth?

“You can admit you want me, Roxanna,” he taunted in a husky voice as she keyed in the lockbox code “That’s the first step in getting over addiction”

“Rein in the ego, jackass” The light turned green, and she opened the door only enough to slip partially inside beforeyou were your brother”

He drew back in surprise “Asher? I thought you two—”

“No, God, not Asher”

“Merit?”

She tilted her head and raised her eyebrows Theabout, his whole body tensed His face flushed, his nostrils flared, and his eyes went dark as his eyebrows slaether

“You said ht”