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her?”
    “Well, they’re together, right? I mean, that’s usually what comes next when you date someone for a certain amount of time.”
    “He hasn’t really dated anyone since he’s been back. Might’ve fucked a lot of ‘em, yeah, but gotten serious? No.”
    Well, that’s something I didn’t need to hear. Ugh. And where are these feelings coming from? It’s got to be this town. Just being here’s making me remember the past, that’s all. If I were to leave today and go back to Richmond, I wouldn’t think about any of this again. At least I don’t think I would. It troubles me that I’m not sure.
    “But he’s been with Peyton the longest. Before her, I hadn’t seen him stick with one woman for over a month.”
    Great. So he might not be in love with her, but he likes fucking her. It’s making me angry just hearing about this even though I don’t have a right to be mad. But it’s something I’ve never really thought about before, Kade moving on, and hearing about it pisses me off. God, I’m such an idiot. What did I think would happen, he’d just stay celibate for the rest of his life pining away for me?
    “So do you ever actually work as a fireman?” I say snottily to Brody because he’s being a jerk and agitating me and I need to change the frickin’ subject.
    “Yep. One on, two off, usually, but I’m off for a week right now. Why?”
    “Because it seems you’ve just had tons of time to be a pain in my ass,” I tell him, giving him a hateful look.
    He barks out a laugh. “That’s what little brothers are for, you know.”
    And he has been just like a little brother to me from day one. He’s two years younger and was in kindergarten when I moved here when Cassie and I became best friends. Over the years when I’d go to their house for sleepovers, Brody was always the one who bugged the crap out of us, and we’d finally end up tackling him or shoving him in a closet, making him cry so he’d leave us alone. Kade, on the other hand, was the broody, unattainable older brother who barely showed himself when I was there but when I did see him, I practically drooled all over myself.
    “And you’ve got it down perfectly,” I say. He makes a goofy face and I laugh because I could never stay mad at him for too long.
    We sit in comfortable silence, drinking our coffee when he asks, “So what are your intentions with my brother?”
    I jerk my head back giving him a funny look. “What do you mean?”
    “I mean, what’s going on with you two?”
    I huff out what I hope is a nonchalant laugh, because I really don’t have a clue what’s going on with us either, but something inside me is definitely getting a good stirring up. “Nothing. Why?” He holds my eyes for a few seconds then looks away and scratches the scruff on his cheek, the concern clear on his face. “What’s going on, Brody?”
    He looks at me again. “You really hurt him, Mill. I know he’s a big, tough, badass ex-SEAL, but when you left, it broke him… damn near killed him. He’ll never admit to it, but I saw what it did to him.”
    I suck in a breath and avert my eyes from his, the guilt of what I did smacking me right in the gut. I rub my eyes with my thumb and finger then look up at him and say quietly, “I’m so selfish, Brody.”
    He grimaces, clearly not wanting to have this conversation but I know he feels he has to protect his brother. “It was a pretty selfish thing to do, Mill.”
    I look at the floor and nod in total agreement with him.
    “I just don’t wanna see him get hurt again, is all,” he says. “And with you not planning to stay, well, I hope you keep your distance from him.”
    I keep nodding and staring. He’s right. I need to stay away from Kade. And that’s been the plan anyway, but after seeing him yesterday and last night, I hate to admit it, but it awoke some long dormant feelings I’ve always had for him and it just felt… right.
    I look up at him, tears stinging the backs of my