STEP CLOSER, MY STEP BROTHER
“You really think he’s just some wounded, broody boyfriend with sad eyes and a tragic past?”
She sneered. “No, baby. He’s a Sinclair. And Sinclairs know how to clean up messes. Even when that mess is a girl who loved him.”
My stomach twisted into knots.
“No,” I said louder, shaking my head, heart racing. “No, he. . . he wouldn’t hurt someone. Not like that.”
Clara leaned close again, her breath warm and laced with venom.
“Ask him. Ask him what happened the night he broke into my house. Ask him why there was blood on the floor when I woke up. Ask him how he left me there. Shot. Alone. That's if you make it out alive”