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His eyes widened. “And I’m just now finding out about this?”
“Yeah.”
“What the fuck, Paige?”
“Oh, I’m sorry,” I argued. “I thought you hated me.”
“I could never hate you. I named my daughter after you.”
I winced, feeling that remark in the core of my being. “Well, you did a hell of job pretending like you did.”
“What do you expect from me?”
“I don’t know. More than what you’ve given me, that’s for damn sure.”
“I’m not the bad guy,” he countered. “I wasn’t the one who betrayed you.”
“You’re right, I did betray your trust, but what other choice did I have? What other choice did you give me?”
“That’s bullshit, Paige.”
“It’s not. I’m being honest. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. The last thing I wanted was to lose you, but I couldn’t continue to put your feelings before mine.”
“What feelings? I didn’t know my brother was ever an option.”
“You didn't give me the chance to decide that. You put that on lockdown right from the beginning of our friendship.”
“Wow,” he breathed out. “You’re going to throw this back on me? You can’t be serious! You more than anyone know how hard it’s been to be Adrian Drake’s fucking brother. I’ve had to live in his shadow for most of my life. I’m sorry I didn’t want to share yet another thing with him.”
“So then what? Huh? I was just supposed to be your best friend forever? Never have a chance to fall in love? Be with my soulmate like you are with Hayley?”
“Soulmate? Jesus. Now Adrian is your soulmate?”
“I don’t know! What if he was?”
“Just stop!”
“You stop!”
“Paige, I mean it! We’re wasting time. Who the fuck is stalking you?”
I shrugged. “I don’t know.”
“Do you have any leads?”
“No.”
“How bad is it?”
“A bomb went off in Adrian’s building last night.”
“What?!”
“I know!”
“What the fuck?” he coaxed. “Is that why this place is like trying to get into Fort Knox?”
“Yeah. Your brother amped up the security.”
