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The sound of those last three words, especially co from him, and the fact that he’d said "Sofie" despite her deliberate choice to avoid the now too-cute-to-sto against rock It ignited so within her, but she attempted to reuiven the look in his heated eyes, it already felt inevitable

"The sa her chin "That you two shared a moment once upon a tiht? Or is--"

"No," he said, his brow lifting "She’s the same one What else did they say?"

"What else do you think?"

That flicker she’d seen earlier in his eyes was an all-out flame now "I don’t know Your sister wouldn’t know ine I doubt his spin on how things went down between me and Sofie was favorable to me" Those blue eyes burned into her noith conviction "I told you Sofie’s brothers never likedwith them Brandon, but from what I know of them, they’ve always been very sweet and fair"

Brandon scoffed "I’m sure they ith you They didn’t hate you"

"The word hate never came up once today," she explained "As usual, Alex was very shen he explained the whole thing Since it was so long ago, he said he wasn’t even going to bring it up He said that it just didn’t feel right not saying anything"

Those piercing eyes went darker and harder with every word she’d said "Yeah, I’ive you his bullshit version of what happened"

"So why don’t you tell me your side, then?"

Both his brows shot up, and he dropped her hand "My side?"

"I ina?"

"No!" she said, reaching out for his hands, but he backed away

"What else did he tell you?"

"That’s it," she insisted, her heart racing Then she changed her mind, so she shook her head and watched as his already heated eyes narrowed in on hers "He toldher voice, "I kno things were different than how you explained it"

"And you believe hier and exasperation

She stared at hi him what Bell had asked her not to or keep it to herself "Brandon, it’s not that--"