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작가: Zoë Grace
last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-10-15 22:24:57

☆☆SUMMER’S POV☆☆

“Is everything okay? Is Jake with you? Hayden? Where is your brother?”

Hayden ended the call with Tara, his jaw locked so tight I thought his teeth might actually crack.

God! Tara sounded just like Jake. They really were mother and son. Two individuals cut from the same fabric. I waited for Hayden to explode. He didn't. He just screamed, “Fuck!”

And he dropped onto the couch.

“Hayden?”

He ran a hand over his face, exhaling like he’d been holding his breath for years.

“I’m so sorry I didn't tell you. JT will be fine. He always goes around with guards. Remember?”

He shook his head. “You don’t get it, nugget. Tara is more dangerous than he is. They’ve never met before. If she realizes a stranger connected to me is snooping on Jake’s past, she won’t waste a second sending a bullet into his fucking skull.”

“Don't think about it that way. It won’t happen. They’re just going to have a small conversation. That's all.”

“A small conversation?” he asked, letting out a dry laugh
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