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Authors: Willa Edwards
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football. She sniffled slightly, a soft, tiny noise that stabbed him right in the chest.
“I just need some time alone,” she released in a rush, spinning away from him and all but sprinting across the room. She raced past the partially lighted tree, hardly giving it a look.
A chill ran through him at the sound of Kate closing the door as she left the tiny house to wander out into the wintry night. He wanted to run after her, follow her out of that door and make her see sense. They were great together, so why couldn’t she see that? Why couldn’t she see how much he loved her?
But there was no point. She wouldn’t listen. She was always walking out on him in one way or another. This time was no different.
“Good job, asshole,” Grant grunted from the other side of the room, a smirk on his face. The bastard almost seemed happy that he and Kate were arguing. What kind of jerk rooted for that?
“Bite my ass,” Daniel shot back.
His brother chuckled. At least one of them had found something to be happy about.
* * * *
Kate walked out into the cold night, hugging her arms around herself. She’d left the house so quickly she’d forgotten to take her coat. But she’d had no choice. She’d had to get out of there. She couldn’t breathe in that little house. With Daniel’s attention on her, demanding her commitment, her forever—both more than she could give. The cold was nothing compared to the weight of his disappointment.
For the first time in her life, she was acting like her mother. Coveting what she couldn’t have. She wanted Daniel, but she wanted Grant too. How could she possibly have both men? She couldn’t. At some point, she’d have to choose.
Kate tipped her head back, staring up into the dark sky. A million tiny stars winked back at her, brighter than she’d ever seen, but she couldn’t truly appreciate it. Not with the heaviness of her heart.
Of all the trouble she’d gotten herself into over the years, this had to take the cake. Not only had she slept with two brothers, but she was now stuck in the same house with them and their mother for the holidays. Throw in a good bout of amnesia or an evil twin and she’d be smack in the middle of a fantastic soap opera.
“You never told him, did you?” Grant’s deep, gravelly voice reached her across the snow. Kate tensed. She knew that voice so well. Her heart pounded a little faster at the sound and her temperature increased.
She turned her head toward Grant. He stood a few feet away from her, his body tense, his face hard as granite.
“You never told Daniel that you’ve been with me.”
She shook her head. “I didn’t know until I showed up here that you two were even related. It never occurred to me he needed to know the details of what happened between us.” Daniel knew more than enough just being around her. He knew how much Grant had hurt her. He knew how much it kept her from him. She didn’t want Daniel to fight with his brother over her.
“Thank you.” The crunch of snow announced his approach, reverberating in the quiet stillness. “But you can’t keep hurting him like this.”
“What other choice do I have?” Kate turned to Grant, wanting to be furious with him but his close proximity startled her. The air escaped her lungs in a gasp. The honest need in his gaze, as if he were a little kid searching for praise, was so strange and unlike the stern Dom she knew.
“Do you love him?”
Her stomach flopped at the thought of responding to his question. She knew it would hurt him. Regardless of how he’d wounded her, she had never wished the same on him. But she’d always told him the truth. She couldn’t start lying to him now.
“Yes.”
Grant stared at her for a moment. She almost thought she saw regret in his eyes. It was foolish to believe when all the evidence proved the contrary. But she couldn’t stop her stupid, foolish heart from believing that he’d cared for her once.
“Then you have to let
“I just need some time alone,” she released in a rush, spinning away from him and all but sprinting across the room. She raced past the partially lighted tree, hardly giving it a look.
A chill ran through him at the sound of Kate closing the door as she left the tiny house to wander out into the wintry night. He wanted to run after her, follow her out of that door and make her see sense. They were great together, so why couldn’t she see that? Why couldn’t she see how much he loved her?
But there was no point. She wouldn’t listen. She was always walking out on him in one way or another. This time was no different.
“Good job, asshole,” Grant grunted from the other side of the room, a smirk on his face. The bastard almost seemed happy that he and Kate were arguing. What kind of jerk rooted for that?
“Bite my ass,” Daniel shot back.
His brother chuckled. At least one of them had found something to be happy about.
* * * *
Kate walked out into the cold night, hugging her arms around herself. She’d left the house so quickly she’d forgotten to take her coat. But she’d had no choice. She’d had to get out of there. She couldn’t breathe in that little house. With Daniel’s attention on her, demanding her commitment, her forever—both more than she could give. The cold was nothing compared to the weight of his disappointment.
For the first time in her life, she was acting like her mother. Coveting what she couldn’t have. She wanted Daniel, but she wanted Grant too. How could she possibly have both men? She couldn’t. At some point, she’d have to choose.
Kate tipped her head back, staring up into the dark sky. A million tiny stars winked back at her, brighter than she’d ever seen, but she couldn’t truly appreciate it. Not with the heaviness of her heart.
Of all the trouble she’d gotten herself into over the years, this had to take the cake. Not only had she slept with two brothers, but she was now stuck in the same house with them and their mother for the holidays. Throw in a good bout of amnesia or an evil twin and she’d be smack in the middle of a fantastic soap opera.
“You never told him, did you?” Grant’s deep, gravelly voice reached her across the snow. Kate tensed. She knew that voice so well. Her heart pounded a little faster at the sound and her temperature increased.
She turned her head toward Grant. He stood a few feet away from her, his body tense, his face hard as granite.
“You never told Daniel that you’ve been with me.”
She shook her head. “I didn’t know until I showed up here that you two were even related. It never occurred to me he needed to know the details of what happened between us.” Daniel knew more than enough just being around her. He knew how much Grant had hurt her. He knew how much it kept her from him. She didn’t want Daniel to fight with his brother over her.
“Thank you.” The crunch of snow announced his approach, reverberating in the quiet stillness. “But you can’t keep hurting him like this.”
“What other choice do I have?” Kate turned to Grant, wanting to be furious with him but his close proximity startled her. The air escaped her lungs in a gasp. The honest need in his gaze, as if he were a little kid searching for praise, was so strange and unlike the stern Dom she knew.
“Do you love him?”
Her stomach flopped at the thought of responding to his question. She knew it would hurt him. Regardless of how he’d wounded her, she had never wished the same on him. But she’d always told him the truth. She couldn’t start lying to him now.
“Yes.”
Grant stared at her for a moment. She almost thought she saw regret in his eyes. It was foolish to believe when all the evidence proved the contrary. But she couldn’t stop her stupid, foolish heart from believing that he’d cared for her once.
“Then you have to let
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