Avery felt her heart tighten at Ian’s words; even though he tried his best to hide the hurt in his eyes, the one branded into his masculine voice with a little boyish charm was pretty clear.
“C’mon, you know that’s not true. It’s…not like that,” Avery said in a small voice, her words heavy with guilt.
She never thought of her actions that way at all.
Yes, maybe she did think Ian was a little too young to handle Arden and she just wanted him to steer clear of him, but now she realised how selfish she was keeping him in the dark about it.
“I should use the guest room tonight,” Ian suddenly declared after grabbing a pair of cargo shorts from his closet, which Avery stopped him from putting on when she wrapped her slender arms around him.
“I’m sorry. I really am. I shouldn’t have done th
