CHAPTER 21

“Hey, don't you start getting suspicious of me too!” William demanded laughing. “I've been meaning to come over and see you for weeks now. I would have been over earlier tonight, but I had to work late at the last minute. Perhaps it was as well I was later than I expected to be.”

“Because of Declan?”

“Yes. He's been very loverlike and possessive about his relationship with you. I've tried to talk to him several times about you, but Deck always changes the subject.”

“Probably because there's nothing to tell,” Gemma evaded.

“Oh, come on! You're the interest of the year in his crowd. Which is great, believe me. The girl to capture Declan Starr. That's no easy task, let me tell you.”

“I wouldn't exactly say I've captured him,” she denied quickly. “We're engaged, yes. But an engagement doesn't mean that much nowadays.”

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