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“Who are we? We’re men with feelin’s, Dylan That’s e are You mean to tell me if she marched in here and proclaio back on what you really wanted just to have a piece of her?” I asked

“Look, we’re gettin’ ahead of ourselves We don?

?t even knohat Katie wants What’s the good in us all getting’ riled if there’s nothin’ to get riled about?” Andrew asked

I couldn’t stay and listen to any more of this bullshit I stormed out of Dylan’s office, plucked my keys from my pocket, and headed to er than any of them Ever since I first saw her smash a softball all the way down the damn yard Fuck, I must’ve been fifteen years old when I finally admitted to myself that she was the woman for me

I’d loved that wo to stand in some cramped-up room with a bunch of assholes who couldn’t love her the way I did but thought they could

I ju out onto the o home, shove oing to get done, andto have to wait until tomorrow

I needed to get er under control before I talked to Katie toht, she needed to know about that

Katie needed to knoas co her way

CHAPTER 30

KATIE

I was closing the front desk for the afternoon and preparing foraround me all day, and I didn’t like it Dylan had blindsided o with that conversation, but as I took the ti from All he had wanted to do was settleto infors and reassure me that whatever decision I made would be okay

The issue was it felt like I had to make a decision, and I couldn’t In all ined that I would be in the middle of a mess like this Yes, I’d wanted the with all of the? I could hardly believe it And now, here I was, struggling with these feelings I had no idea what to do with

“Katie? Could I talk to ya for a second?”

I looked over at Wyatt He was the first brother to talk tothat wasn’t work-related I felt my heart flutter in my chest as I smiled, then I closed down the computer and locked up the rest of the station

“Sure What’s up? Is everything okay?” I asked