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Our eyes connected.
Feeling bold, I asserted, “I’ll make sure to pass that information onto the next guy I’m with.”
In a confident demeanor, he emphasized, “That’s never going to happen.”
“Oh, really, Mr. Know It All? Why is that?”
Once he was standing inches away from my face, he eyed me up and down with a predatory regard.
“Haven’t you ever wondered why you’ve never had a boyfriend?”
“How do you know I’ve never had one?”
Without wavering, he confessed, “Because I made sure of it.”
My heart dropped to the floor. I didn’t say a word. I couldn’t. Frozen in the place I stood.
“I already told you you’re like my little sister.”
I winced, incapable of hiding it.
“Does that bother you?”
“No.”
“You sure?”
“Positive.”
He grinned. Mindful I was lying.
I watched as his fingers reached for my hair and swept it behind my ear. Almost immediately, there was a huge shift in the air. Our eyes locked in a way they never had before.
My heart raced.
Sweat pooled at my temples.
Little by little, my resolve to keep him at arm’s length was getting tested.
“What’s wrong, Paige? Do I make you nervous?”
I shook my head despite the obviousness of his effect on me.
It all happened in a flash, although it felt like it played out in slow motion. The adrenaline pumping wildly through my veins was a feeling I’d never forget.
“Do you ever think about the fact I met you before Cade?”
It was crazy he chose to ask that question when I was just recalling the memory of that day.
Instead of answering, I challenged, “Do you?”
“More than I should admit to you.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means I need to stay away from you, but how am I going to do that with my brother living with me?”
“You’re the one who offered.”
