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Under the lights, Hayden’s face looked pale.For the past seven years, Xena had always been like this with him. In front of him, she would pour her heart out over Felix one moment, then turn around and keep Hayden hanging with just enough mixed signals to stop him from walking away.Every time he was on the verge of giving up, she would throw him a little hope.And then there were all those things she did that seemed careless on the surface but somehow always made her look fragile and in need of protecting.The more Hayden thought about it, the more he felt the helpless anger of realizing he had been played and lied to all along. He tossed back the rest of the liquor in his glass. Then, in the next second, a surge of anger he could not hold down made him slam the glass hard onto the floor.“I’m a complete damn idiot,” Hayden growled, his voice full of pain and self-mockery.He could have accepted that Xena loved Felix and never got him. But the fact that she had also tried to g

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The phone rang for seven seconds before she picked up. Xena’s usual voice came through, soft and a little lazy, with that same flirtatious edge.“Hello, Hayden? Calling this late? What’s going on?”Half an hour earlier, that voice would have softened him instantly.Now it only made him sick.So sick that his hand clenched around the phone. He pulled it away from his ear and ended the call without saying a word.Leo watched from across the room and was not surprised. He knew Hayden well. If it came down to cursing Xena out over the phone, Hayden would never do it.Cutting her off cleanly was much more his style.“What’s wrong?” Leo asked, lifting a brow. “You’re not even going to ask her for an explanation?”“She makes me sick.” Hayden tossed the phone aside and dropped back onto the couch. He grabbed his drink and took a hard swallow before continuing. “I’m so disgusted by her I don’t even want to say one more word.”Hayden was so disgusted that he didn’t even want to waste a

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A knowing look flickered in Leo’s eyes. “Felix has always been better than the rest of us at carrying the weight on his shoulders. There’s no question about that. But...” He paused. “He really did hurt Miranda.”Hayden suddenly looked up, as if something had just hit him. Then he slammed a fist against the table. “Speaking of hurting Miranda, I did something stupid too.”A flash of guilt crossed his eyes. Looking back now, he felt like he must have been out of his mind. He had let Xena influence him completely and had even said things to Miranda that never should have come out of his mouth.Leo looked over at him. “You mean Vivian’s birthday?”“Yeah. That night.” Hayden’s face tightened with regret. “I didn’t even want to bother you guys in the first place, but Xena said she had already bought a gift and would leave right after dropping it off, so I took her there.” He paused, then said bitterly, “I was such an idiot. Honestly, I’d bet Xena had a hand in Felix and Miranda’s divorce

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Leo leaned back against the couch, the bitterness in his eyes deepening.That trip to Hamilton had made one thing painfully clear to him. Mike’s feelings for Miranda were intense, obvious, and completely unguarded. Unlike him, Mike did not hold back or second-guess himself. All it would take was one yes from Miranda, and Mike would be ready to give her a home.Seeing the look in Leo’s eyes, Hayden ran a hand through his hair. “Then doesn’t that mean neither you nor Felix has any chance at all?”Leo rubbed his brow and shook his head. “Not necessarily. In the end, it depends on what Miranda wants. She’s not the kind of woman who cares about family background.”“With everything Mike has going for him, if he’s seriously going after her, I think it’d be hard for Miranda not to be moved,” Hayden said, seeing it a different way.“I know I don’t have a chance,” Leo said. “As for Felix, that depends on what he can do.”With that, he grabbed the nearest bottle and drank straight from it w

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