Double Dare by Lena Matthews

Author:Lena Matthews
Language: eng
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Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Paige stared at him with disbelief. She couldn’t believe his bravado. Wait. This was Shane she was speaking about. Of course she could believe it. It was just so like him to toss out a relevant piece of information and expect her to act as he would, without any thought of the consequences. “I…I…” Paige shook her head, trying her best to process the madness swallowing her whole. “I have no words right now. None.”

“You better come up with some and quick.” He cocked his head and stared at her pointedly. “Admit it, Paige. Admit you want me.”

She couldn’t. She wouldn’t. Not without a good fight. “What good would that do?”

“It would finally put it out there for us both to see. Then maybe we can stop avoiding the inevitable.”

That wasn’t a good enough reason for her. She’d been ignoring her feelings for him for a while now. Disregarding them for the ten minutes it would take to leave here now was a walk in the park compared to the last few years. “Nothing is inevitable, Shane, but death.”

“I disagree.”

He would, stubborn ass. “That’s your prerogative.”

“I never figured you for a coward.”

Even though she knew he was only taunting her, his words raised her hackles just the same. “I’m not.”

“You could have fooled the hell out of me,” he snapped.

Annoyed, Paige took a step away from him, needing to put a little distance between the two of them before she did him harm. There was no one on this earth who could push her buttons so fast or so hard. “What do you want from me?”

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“The truth would be a good start.”

She’d teased him yesterday about his ability to handle the truth, when the fact of the matter was, she couldn’t. “What good would it do to admit it? It won’t change anything. I might want you, Shane, but I’m not going to act on it.”

“Why the hell not?”

“Because I’m with Jaffee.” And she was going to marry him. It was the right thing to do, even if it wasn’t what she truly wanted to do.

Shane’s mouth turned down in disgust. “Fuck him.”

“Very mature.”

“Right, because hiding behind him is real mature.” His remarks hit a little too close to home for her. “Tell me this, Paige. If he’s so real and if he’s the man you want to marry, then how come you’re here with me?”

“I’m asking myself the exact same thing.” This was a mistake. She should have never come. Shaking her head, she turned and walked down the hallway to the bedroom where she’d spent the night. Unfortunately she wasn’t the only one on the move. Shane was right behind her. He wasn’t as fast as she was because of his cane, but he definitely put every step to good use and he cleared the doorway just as she plucked her backpack off the floor and set it onto the bed to pack.

The second he walked in Paige expected for them to pick up right where they left off.

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