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She let her hand slide froarded him with clear, amber-hued eyes “Do you knohy I chose fairy tales for this year’s theme?” she asked, but didn’t wait for Hunter’s reply, which he was grateful for because he had no clue as to what had prompted her decision “Because everyone deserves a happily ever after Maddux Me Even you, Hunter”
Her voice softened at the end, but it did nothing to dissolve the bitterness that resided in his heart when it came to love and forever dreaed pain that now protected his e more than a purely sexual relationship with a wo his fiancée so tragically, but he was a man and sex was one of the few pleasures he allowed his body to enjoy Beyond that, he wasn’t interested
He gave his sister a sardonic sotten, I had my chance at a happily ever after, and fate decided that I didn’t deserve it”
“None of us will ever forget what happened to Natalie,” she said, her tone and expression compassionate, as it alhen the subject of his fiancée was brought up “And sonore a second chance if it’s offered, because you do deserve it What happened to Natalie wasn’t your fault”
Hunter believed differently but didn’t argue This wasn’t the first ti lecture on finding a woman to settle doith because she wanted them to have someone to share their life with But any kind of second chance wouldn’t ever be on Hunter’s radar, because he wasn’t opening hiain
Losing his parents when he was a teenager in the h But compound it with Natalie’s senseless death and he just didn’t trust that the universe wouldn’t rip his world out fro he could be content and fulfilled and settled with one special person He’d had his chance, and he’d fucking failed at protecting the woman he’d loved
“Dinner is scheduled to be served in about twenty hts “And I need to go and double-check that there aren’t any problems in the kitchen”
Arching a brow, Hunter slid his hands into the front pockets of his dress pants “Don’t you have people who do that for you?”
She laughed lightly “Yes, of course, but you know me—”
“You need to be in charge of everything,” he finished for her
His sister was a bit of a control freak, but then again, he supposed that’s what e of twenty-six, she’d already produced one successful, lucrative company—Wilder Passions, an online ned and created Now that the business was profitable, she was ready to tackle a second, s, and Hunter had no doubt it would be just as fruitful
Te the long ruby earrings hanging from her lobes to sparkle fro trait, because you and Maddux are the epito, dominant alpha males”
Far more than his sister probably knew, and he didn’t deny her claihten her further In business, both he and his brother were assertive and decisive and had a low tolerance for bullshit And for Hunter, that control spilled over into the bedroo focused on the physical pleasure of the act Nothingless
“By the here’s Kyle?” Hunter asked of thefor the past few months
“He’s around, sohtest bit of irritation “Probably glad-handing his way through the party”