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note of resentment in her tone, and she
was supposed to try and play this night off.
    “They’re not our dates,” said North, tilting her chin
up to face him. “Why are you crying?”
    Water ran in rivulets from his soaked hair. His lips
were moist and thick, his eyes dark and piercing. How could she have been so
blind?
    “I’m not.”
    He chuckled, not releasing her face. “That’s
insulting, Eva. I think I know you better than that.”
    She shook her head and shrugged him off. As she
attempted to rush away into the darkness, Colt grabbed her around the waist and
held her in place. “No more running, little one.”
    “I can’t do this,” she cried. “I’ve messed up bad. I
need time to clear my head.”
    “What happened?” asked North. “Was it Wade? He say
something to you?”
    “I’ll kill him,” Colt whispered in her ear. His breath
smelled of alcohol. He held her tighter, her back pressed to his chest.
    “It wasn’t Wade!” She struggled in his arms. “It was
me.”
    “Mrs. Ford’s the one always telling us it’s never as
bad as it seems.” North brushed the matted hair off her cheeks and ran his
thumb along her lower lip. The simple gestures never aroused her before, but
now her stomach fluttered wildly and her heart pumped so fast she could scarcely
breathe.
    “This is worse.”
    North’s shirt was plastered to his body from the rain.
It seemed every muscle was accentuated from his broad shoulders to his massive
biceps. She stared blankly, new erotic thoughts swirling in her head. The
struggle inside her didn’t let up. Her chest jerked erratically from crying too
hard.
    “Tell me what’s wrong with you, God dammit!”
    “I fell in love.”
     

Chapter Seven
     
    North took a step back and nearly fell on his ass. He
wiped the rain from his eyes, staring back at Eva while his heart crumbled to
pieces. She was in love with Wade, and even though he knew there was no future
for the two of them, it didn’t hurt any less. Colton was right—it was better
when he didn’t care.
    “There’s nothing wrong with that.”
    “There is,” she whispered. “When it’s you.”
    North froze, staring at her as if seeing her for the
first time. He reacted on instinct, cupping her face with both hands as he
kissed her hard on the lips. The rain and her feminine taste intermingled. He
kissed her long and deep, exactly how he’d envisioned. She was so soft and
sweet and perfect.
    When he finally pulled back, her lips were parted and
swollen. Colt had moved beside him. “You love North?”
    “And you,” she said. “I love you both.”
    North wasn’t surprised or offended. He’d always been
one with his twin. Most of his time shared with Eva included Colton in some
degree. It was the new revelation that shocked him. He’d been battling his own
budding feelings for the Ford girl. To hear they were reciprocated made
everything right with his world.
    “You don’t know what you’re saying, baby doll,” said
Colton. “We’re no good for you.”
    What was Colton doing? Their sweet girl just admitted
to loving them, and he was already trying to push her away.
    North kissed her again when she tried to speak. “Don’t
listen to him. He’s drunk.”
    “I’m so sorry,” she murmured. “I don’t want to lose
either of you.”
    “I’ve always loved you. That will never change.”
    This time she touched his face, her delicate fingers
traced around his eye and along his jaw. It felt so damned good. “I was
jealous.”
    North smirked. “You never need to be jealous, Eva. I’m
yours.”
    She exhaled in a rush before reaching her arms up
around his neck. “ Yes ,” she
whispered. The little thing pressed her body against his. She’d done it a
million times when they hugged, but not like this. His cock stirred to life,
his entire body taut as he tried to behave.
    There was something magical in the air enhanced by the
rain and darkness.
    “I love you so much,” he muttered against her