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You have an issue, deal with it.” Treat pushed past him and climbed into the truck.
    Rex grabbed him by the collar and pulled him out.
    “What the fuck?” Treat challenged him, chest to chest. “You really want to do this over a fence? Fine.” He threw down his gloves and fisted his own enormous hands. “Go ahead. Take a swing. I haven’t had a good brawl in twenty years.”
    Seeing his brother ready to fight just to appease him pissed him off even more. He slammed the truck door shut and spat, “Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck.”
    “That’s more like it,” Treat said with a pat on Rex’s back. “Spit it out, so it doesn’t coil up and fill you with venom.”
    Treat leaned against the truck while Rex paced, sweating in the afternoon heat.
    “Wanna talk about it?” Treat asked.
    Rex stopped pacing and stared at his brother. “You can’t possibly understand! You have the woman you want, and she obviously adores you. You never have obstacles that stand in your way that are bigger than you. You’re the golden child.”
    Treat laughed. “Is that what you think? The golden child? I sure as hell wish I felt that way. It would be a hell of a lot better than going through all the shit Max and I went through for seven months. There are no golden children, Rex. It just looks like it when you’re so deep in your own shit that you can’t see the grass.”
    “Come on, Treat. You’ve always done what you wanted when you wanted. Women lined up to be with you.”
    “They lined up to be with all of us, and the guys lined up for Savannah. We’re good-looking, successful people. You know you’ve never hurt for the company of a woman. They swoon around your muscles like you’re Adonis himself.”
    “Right,” Rex sneered. He leaned his hand on the truck and looked at Treat. “I’ve put my whole life into this ranch, for this family. Everything I’ve ever done is for this family.” He ran his hand through his hair and paced again. “Do you know why I don’t sleep with the women in our town?” Before Treat could answer, he said, “Because I don’t want to embarrass Dad. Because I don’t want him to feel like he can’t hold his head up high because his son is a douche bag who sleeps with women and never looks back; that’s why.”
    “Rex—” Treat shook his head.
    “It’s true, bro. I’ve got no ties to the women I sleep with. Ever.”
    “And?” Treat asked.
    Rex leveled him with a harsh stare.
    “None of us do—or in my case, did—Rex. Look at Hugh. He’s got a different woman on his arm every night, and he can’t even remember their names. Dane’s got women all over the world, and Josh, hell, we don’t even know how many women he sleeps with—it could be one or it could be one hundred. He’s been snapped in all the rags with some of the hottest actresses and models around. I doubt long-term commitment has ever entered his mind, considering he’s never brought any of them home.”
    “Yeah? Well, even if I want ties, I can’t have them.”
    Treat shook his head. “Jade. You’re talking about Jade?”
    Rex clenched his jaw. He wanted to tell Treat what had gone on the night before, but he was ashamed at how far he let it go before pulling the plug—and he was pissed that he’d been the one to stop them from going any further. They’d been so intimate, and he wanted so much more, but not like that. Not in a truck. Jade wasn’t some girl from another town. She wasn’t some girl at all. He wouldn’t have sex with her and then walk away, and he couldn’t be with her without hurting his father. The whole situation sucked.
    “I should have put two and two together,” Treat said with a supportive smile. “You’re a good man, and you’re loyal. So stop giving me that I’m not worthy shit and stop dancing around the crux of your issue. Either tell me what the hell is going on with her—or what you want to go on—or let me get back to work."
    Rex didn’t know what he wanted. He only knew