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He stopped breathing He wasn’t sure why he’d never thought of that before Beck loved a fresh conquestAnd what if Brook Lynn was interested in Beck and Jase, as Jessie Kay had been?

Jase thought back He’d noticed Brook Lynn’s tendency to leave so on a cabinet door Curtain ties in the living room A scented candle on the sill He’d never rebuked her, had just assus more palatable for hishie

Wouldn’t htly Beck knew Jase had staked a claiuy had eyes and half a brain His friend would never ht Jase uncurled his fists and said, "If I’d had a scholarship, you would have done the same for me"

"Yes, but you also wouldn’t have blown the scholarship"

"Whatsuccess in every area of my life? My Fortune 500 job? My fairy-tale relationship? My brilliant mental health?"

West snorted, so off him "Dude, you totally suck I’"

"You can’t get enough ofwit"

"Yeah" A warot to be it"

"Dinner’s ready," Brook Lynn called

Jase practically leaped to his feet

"Uh, a little too eager there, champ?" West asked

"You have no idea"

In the kitchen, Brook Lynn wouldn’t look at him She s over her cheeks Beck didn’t seem to notice, or care, while Jase’s body practically went up in flames