BETA CADENI was walking on thin ice. A little crack, and I'd be going under. I knew this, but I couldn't help the anger that coursed through my veins when my mother told me about Ryker sleeping out for the past two nights, and Xaviera finding out he had been at Lauren's. I knew he was angry, but I didn't expect him to be unkind to her. I expected more from him. Like he did from you. Shut it, Murray!You kissed his girl. I almost did. It didn't happen. Not really. But goddess, I was this close! Close enough to feel her fluttering pulse, breath her in, see the confusion, the fear and…the need. I was close enough to knowing if she wanted me as I did her.And Ryker had seen it. Five days, and no confrontation. He'd nod at my observations at board meetings, act so fucking normal it scared the daylights out of me, but there was a wall now. And it got thicker by the minute. It was in his silence. The distance in his eyes. I was stupid to confront him, but this was Xaviera. Carmen was
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