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I shut my eyes as my heart sank to my stomach. I felt like the world's biggest b***h, even though I meant every word. I didn't want Blake near me because his presence screwed with my head. But if I'd known he was listening, I wouldn't have said it so harshly. Hating Blake to his face was much harder than hating him from afar.
"Cassie," Reece said. The plea in his voice surprised me. Reece never pleaded. None of the Kavanaghs did.
"Forget it," Blake snapped at his brother. "I told you she'd say no."
I heard the gravel crunch behind me as he walked off. How had I not heard him approach? Either he'd already been there or he was as stealthy as a cat when he wanted to be. Maybe that was his top secret military training at work.
"Sorry," I muttered, as much to Reece as to Cleo and Becky.
