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Chapter 24: But Not The Way You Think

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The way he was staring at her was knocking the breath out of her lungs.

“Dad!” Keira's small voice rang out, shattering their soap-opera moment.

Bryce’s eyes dragged away from Kimberly to Keira, and he smiled.

“Now I can breathe peacefully, huh?” he whispered, returning his eyes to Kimberly, who smiled awkwardly.

“I was told you were sleeping when I came.”

“I was,” Bryce said simply.

He walked to the fridge, grabbed some juice and a glass, and poured himself a quantity before gulping it down.

He was trying to think straight, because now that he’d seen Kimberly, his brain was starting to malfunction.

He hadn’t expected her to be cooking once she came... and the food smelled so good, it was making his stomach rumble.

He poured more juice into the glass, sipping it slowly, and staring at Kimberly through it.

Kimberly caught him.

He blinked, cleared his throat, and looked away quickly.

“I’ll be in the living room,” he mumbled, setting the glass down and leaving without another word.

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