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“Why bother lying, though, about who he was and about his ex-wife?” Hazel still wanted to know, to this day “He must have known the truth would co about his deception

“You’re a beautiful woman, Hazel Any man would be a fool not to want you”

Ed had lied in order to have her, even if for just a little while He had never talked about one Then she realized what Callum had just said Did he want her?

“What about you?” she asked, flirting back

“I’ve never been rinned

She laughed lightly and briefly, believing hi muchthis too est ret Evie, obviously, but Evie’s father was nothing to brag about She’d rather not wind up having to say the sa she was biased, she didn’t trust anyone wealthy

“You better get packing,” Callum said

Yes They’d better pack—rather than play on their attraction to one other

Chapter 2

Callu Hazel pack a bag She glanced up and saw him

“Bored?” Her eyes glowed a green hint of her na wavy hair fell over slender shoulders and framed a remarkably pretty face Tendrils of that silky splendor curled around melon-shaped breasts He felt his defenses rise She had a daughter A really cute one

“No” He would just rather stare at her This sudden chemistry threw him off balance

With a soft s

In just the brief ti her fascination with Kerry and then her bravery in going with the detective—the child had already touched his heart Now he knewkids The mothers were another issue completely

Evie had punched her way through his usual, iron-walled barrier She was about the sahter would have been, had she and her hts He was better shutting that off, contrary to what Charles said Despite his cardinal rule never to protect uards who didn’t share a history similar to his, he could not leave them at the mercy of a man who knew Evie had witnessed him dump a body in a trunk Now here he was, in Hazel and Evie’s apartment, about to take the it took to catch the bad guy