Chapter 94

“He’s a sneaky son of a bitch looking for any way to stab me in the back,” Brandon spat. “Get away from him, Morgan. Don’t listen.”

“I told you how I felt, cher,” Jack vowed in a whisper. “Whatever you hear today, my feelings are real. I didn’t lie about that.”

Until this moment, she hadn’t doubted it. Now, dismay infected every breath Morgan took. She knew, just knew, something was really wrong. And that she wasn’t going to like it.

“But you lied about something else?”

“I told you to get your hands off her!” Brandon waved the gun at Jack again.

“Take it easy, man.” Jack eased off the bed and slowly reached for his jeans. “Let’s have a calm conversation about this situation and—”

“No, let’s tell Morgan the truth and see if she feels like having a calm conversation.”

“You don’t know the truth!” Jack snarled, tendons standing out in his neck, fists clenched. “You know what this looks like, but you don’t know shit.”

“So you didn’t pursue Morgan