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“I guess I lied.”

“What else are you lying about?”

Her gaze snapped to his. “What the hell does that mean?” Don’t get defensive, she warned herself. It will only add fuel to his suspicions.

“You’re not being honest about your past.”

She faced him and his gaze shifted to the knife in her hand. She put it down. “Want to open that door, Bryce? How about yours? Why did you leave the Secret Service?”

Old resentment reared. “I was tired of it.”

“Oh yeah, the travel, great hotels, short work hours. A real pleasure killer.”

“After I met my wife, yes.” The half lie stuck in his throat like glue. He’d still be in the service right now if he hadn’t met Diana.

Ciara felt unreasonably stung by that.

“And taking a bullet for someone who for the most part didn’t know I was alive, didn’t seem worth it after that.” Not worth leaving his unborn baby without a father, he thought. “What about your family?”

Good lord, he wasn’t getting the hint, was he? “I don’t have one, anymore.” In her line of work she’d had to cut all ties, yet for a second, the image of her brothers and her sister swept through her mind.

Bryce noticed the flash of pain in her eyes, the tightening of her features.


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