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“How is Tamara?”
“Worried. My mother is too. You see, sweetheart, everyone ends up loving you.”
The next morning I awaken to the noise of construction. I try to get out of bed by myself when I hear the bathroom door open and see Kieran approaching.
“Where do you think you’re going?” I roll my eyes at him.
“I can’t stay another second in this bed.”
“Aurora.”
“Kieran.”
Our eyes lock in a power struggle.
I got what I wanted by leaving the bed but how I ended up being carted around by him is a mystery to me.
Outside, the sun’s warmth heats my skin and the fresh scents in the air tickle my nose. He puts me in a lounge chair and stands guard.
Hayden comes over to us and the animosity still lingers in the air between them. I hope with time, it will get better.
“Feeling better?” he asks and sits down beside me.
“Yes, thank you. So, Alessandra?”
The moment I say her name, he freezes, only to add a second later, “There’s nothing to say. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some things to take care of.”
“Denial,” says Kieran with a grin plastered on his face.
“You know you enjoy your brother suffering.”
His jaw clamps up. “He’s not my brother.”
“He is, so he’s family. God, it was better when you thought he was my secret lover.”
At that, the heat of hell unleashes in his stormy eyes.
“Sweetheart.”
“Don’t sweetheart me.”
He crouches between my legs and his eyes turn to liquid heat as I bite my lower lip. “I was your only lover,amyour only lover, and I will stay your only lover.”
I’m sure he means that. I’m also sure I want exactly that.
Chiara and Alessandra step outside and I wave at them to come to me.
“You’re really pushing me away,” he says, amusement rolling from his tongue. “Let’s see what happens when I have my tongue between your thighs.”
“Kieran.”
I fan myself and shove him playfully away. When the girls sit next to me, I squeeze Chiara’s hand.
“I get it. You feel guilty, and I look like crap, but enough is enough. And you, Alessandra, why are you still here when you could leave? You’re both in denial when it comes to Cato and Hayden.”
Both protest at the same time and I say, “Be honest. You like being with them.”
“How do you do it?” Alessandra asks.
