Yours All Along

  Fuck. “You’re really going for the jugular here, Gib.”

  “Just speaking the truth.”

  Yeah, that, and Gibson was a brilliant PR guy who knew how to pitch things. Monty laid his head on Pike’s chest, and Pike scratched behind Monty’s ear. “You’ve even got my dog giving me the don’t-be-a-bastard look.”

  Gibson chuckled. “I sneak him treats when I’m there. He’s on my side.”

  Pike ran a hand over his face. This was a bad idea. But even he wasn’t a big enough asshole to turn his back on kids who needed help. It was places like Bluebonnet that had helped his family when they needed it. He and his siblings probably never would’ve gotten a Christmas gift or decent coats if not for community programs. What kind of hypocrite would it make him if he said no? But the thought of working with children made him want to run for the damn hills. “What exactly do they want me to do?”

  He could almost hear Gibson’s victory grin over the phone. “It won’t be a big deal at all.”

  Pike closed his eyes. Famous last words.

  Roni Loren lives in Dallas with her husband and son. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Crash Into You, Still Into You, Melt Into You, Fall Into You, Caught Up In You, Need You Tonight, Forever Starts Tonight, Not Until You, and Nothing Between Us. If she’s not working on her latest sexy story, you can find her reading, watching reality television, or indulging in her unhealthy addiction to rockstars, er, rock concerts—yeah, that’s it.

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