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able to enjoy a quiet breakfast alone with the cats. She checked in with her mom who was in the middle of a class on “using doilies in scrapbooking”, and then she called her brother, Ethan, to set up a time to visit. She tried calling Luna, but got her voicemail. After shooting her a voicemail to let her know she was at Mom’s house, Grayson laid down on the couch in front of the TV and stayed there all day.
    The doorbell woke her up from a nap later that afternoon. Groggy, she rolled off the couch to answer it, the hardwood cool beneath her feet. When she swung the door open, she found the mirror image of her own face: long strawberry blonde hair, a sprinkle of freckles, clear blue eyes set in an oval face with full lips.
    Grayson’s twin pulled her into a crushing bear hug.
    “I can’t believe you finally dumped that jackass.” Luna’s voice was muffled in Grayson’s hair.
    Pulling back from the hug, Grayson grinned. “I figured you’d approve.”
    “Damn straight!” Luna shoved past her and kicked the door shut. “And now for the first time in your life, you are going to have some fun.”
    Grayson groaned. Her twin sister was her polar opposite. Luna was outgoing, outspoken, and always the life of the party. She rarely settled down with a guy for longer than three months, her reasoning being life was too short and there were too many men to experience.
    Not slutty at all , Grayson thought with a laugh.
    Grayson had always been slightly envious of her sister’s carefree ways, but it just wasn’t her style. They looked the same, but they were wired differently. Her mother claimed it was because Luna was left-handed and Grace was right-handed. Just another one of her mother’s quirky theories.
    “I called you earlier. Where were you?”
    “Work. Gotta pay the bills, you know.” Luna looked around the living room. “Where’s Mom?”
    “Some scrapbooking retreat.”
    “Ah, I forgot about that. She’s had it planned for ages. Well, that works in our favor.” Luna said with her devilish smirk. “We don’t have to explain why you won’t be returning home tonight.”
    Grayson slanted her eyes at her sister and frowned. “I’m not sure I like the sound of that.”
    “Grace, have you looked around this town? It’s a hot bed for sexy beasts. They are everywhere . This town is crawling with soldiers, and half of ‘em are just passing through the base for training.”
    Grayson liked the sound of hot guys just “passing through.” If there was one thing she knew, it was that she wouldn’t get into another long-term relationship—at least, not for a very long time. She needed to work on herself.
    Luna breezed into the kitchen. She never missed anything, immediately honing in on Grayson’s discarded Starbucks cup from the night before. Luna picked it up from the counter and spun it in her hands. “Who’s Derrick?”
    Grayson’s face flushed as the memory of last night’s Starbucks meeting crossed her mind. The harder she tried to forget about the sexy stranger, the more she thought about him. It was annoying.
    Luna smirked. “Only here a day and already got a number. I’m impressed little sister.”
    Grayson rolled her eyes. Luna loved to throw it in her face that she was the older sister. It had been ongoing all their lives, and it was ridiculous. “You’re only two minutes and fifteen seconds older than me. Isn’t it time we let the whole older/younger sister thing go?”
    “Stop avoiding the question.” Luna raised an eyebrow and stared down at the cup.
    “Just some guy who gave me his number at Starbucks yesterday. He’s no one.” Grace grabbed the cup from her sister’s hand and tossed it into the garbage can under the counter.
    “Was he hot? ‘Cuz if you don’t want him…” Luna headed for the trash can.
    Desperate to get her sister’s attention off the phone number subject, Grayson spoke up loudly. “I was thinking about heating up a pizza. Are you hungry older sister