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“A,” she said honestly

“If you’re so fired up about playing host,” Zane said, his expression both fierce and closed, “I’ll let you take care of her luggage and show her to her room”

He put his hat on his head, nodded once at Phoebe and stalked away

She stared after hiood from the back as he had from the front Her hormones yelled out catcalls of appreciation which—fortunately—only she could hear But however iht be with his He practically burned rubber in his haste to get away

Chase brightened the second Zane was gone “Hoas the drive?” he asked as he walked around to the other side of the truck and pulled her suitcases out from behind the driver’s seat where Zane had placed them

“Good”

“Did Zane talk?”

Phoebe glanced at him, not sure of the question

Chase hoisted her luggage with the same ease Zane had shown and started for the house

“He’s not ure out if the act of for words is physically painful, or if he just doesn’t have anything to say”

She thought about the drive fros started out well,” she admitted “Then we sort of stalled about twenty minutes into the drive”

Yup—nothing like asking about bull spere

“Twenty lanced back at her over his shoulder and grinned “I’runt He must really like you”

Phoebe laughed again “Yeah He was so overpoweringly iet away”

She followed Chase up the front steps onto a wide porch that seeer had a long way to go before he was as hunky as his older brother, he was still pretty i, funny, easy to talk to

“I’ve been had,” she muttered more to herself than to him

“What do you mean?”

“Maya got lected and pitiful all on your own I thought I was going to be rescuing a lost waif”

Chase winked “I am Can’t you tell? Zane practically keeps me chained up in my room”