Chapter 17

Because she wouldn’t be second fiddle. He loved her as much as he did Theo. More, in some ways, if only because he and Theo needed to get reacquainted again. The only problem was, she didn’t know that. She didn’t know just how badly he needed her.

He bolted upright.

That was the answer. He needed to show Annie how much value she had to him. She wouldn’t leave then. She couldn’t.

He was stepping out of his room when Theo’s door opened.

“Don’t do it,” Theo warned.

Quin halted. Pulling himself straight, he stared Theo down, quelling the automatic desire that surged through his veins at the sight of his tawny muscles. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Yes, you do. You’re going to try and plead your case with Annie again.” Theo advanced slowly. “You need to leave her be for the night. She needs time to think.”

“She’s had time.”

“Not enough.”

“And you’re the Annie expert all of a sudden?”