ords cut through the air like a sharp knife, and Kayla barely seemed to re

he two of them into an emotional quicksand neither one could escape. He let his gaze linger on her for a moment longer, tak

, almost taunting. He leaned against the counter, cross

into a faint, almost bitter smile. "Not so

his gaze. "So Tessa knows now?" His voice was almost too calm, as if he was weighing every wo

ed, her tone shar

brother finds out and then puts it together? He'll know you cheated, Kay. He'll know that you slept with

he had been careless, acted impulsively, and now, there were consequences she hadn't fully considered.

en pissed off-so angry at Logan for the way he treated her, the way he couldn't seem to make time for her, for the way everything had started

the papers she had brought with her, the divorce papers she was deter

emed to make everything worse. Logan would see it as a betrayal-a deep

t of losing Lexi's friendship because of Logan's anger made her stomach churn. Lexi loved Logan, an

t things through. She had never stopped to consider what it would mean for her-what it would mean for

sharply, swallowing the tight knot of gu

himself a scotch, the sound of the liquor splashing into the glass sharp in the quiet room. Without looking at

idn't look at her as he set the empty glass down on the counter, but she could feel t

ands. That was exactly what he wanted, wasn't it? To get under her skin. He was always

her choice. Rory was the man she was going to marry. Rory offered her something she needed-stability. The kind of

Daniel's refusal was a slap in the face, and despite the frustration coursing through her veins, it ma

m, didn't want to go down this road again. But the truth had been b

ing against the counter as she stared at him, the

ation trip, leaving me alone to wonder if the next letter that comes in the mail is going to be the one that tells me you're dead. I've had enough of that. I've had enough of men who walk out the door and don't come back. My father was like th

cheeks. She didn't want to cry in front of him, didn't want to show him the cracks in her armor, but the truth was o

ing real. Even if that meant marrying Rory, someone she was

w that I'm not going to be alone," she f

d at first, letting the weight of her words settle between them. He knew she

the idea of letting