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don’t know . W hatever chat you were planning to have.”
    A chat? Is that all he was worth after a night like that? “ You don’t think I deserve at least a good morning after last night?”
    “ I figured nights like that were routine for such a big star. ” She slammed a chair on the floor and grabbed another.
    “No night with you was ever routine . They were always more to me. You were always more to me, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. You obviously never felt the same , which is why you walked away .”
    Her shoulders tensed like she’d taken an actual blow then she moved on. “Is this the poor little sports star story? Because I’ve got bigger things to deal with than your ego right now .”
    His muscles twitched, wanting so badly to grab her, spin her around, force her to look him in the eye and tell him the truth. She’d always been good at using her anger to deflect things, but he wasn’t going to let her push him away so easily again. “You’re the one who left , Shelby . No explanations, no returned calls. It wasn’t my ego you bruised back then. ”
    Her back stiffened , hands frozen on the chair . He slid up behind her, trapping her against the table. “You could at least explain this ,” he breathed against her ear, dropping the baseball ticket on the table.
    Her breath caught , fingers trailing a cross the worn edge of the ticket . She turned her face to his, their lips a heartbeat away from each other. His body reacted to her, to the tang of her perfume, and the emotion in her eyes. It was all he could do not to throw her down on the table and let his stiffening erection have its way.
    She swallowed then opened her mouth. “I — ”
    “Shelby Stephens , ” a man called from the doorway.
    They spun and found two police officers followed closely by John who looked pissed enough to rip both of their heads off.
    “Can I help you?” Shelby asked, voice steadier than Justin ’ s heart rate. Heavy shadows hung beneath her eyes and, despite the slight flush to her cheeks, her skin was pale and taut.
    “ Assault charges have been filed, Shelby . We need to take you down to the station,” Seth, the taller officer said.
    “Fucking pussy,” Shelby said under her breath.
    “What’s going on here, Seth ? ” Justin asked, stepping between Shelby and the approaching officers.
    “You might want to ask your brother,” Seth said.
    Justin glanced at Shelby who looked unfazed by the charges. “What happened?” he asked.
    “Let’s just say you can pull off a broken nose a lot better than he can . ”
    John stifled his laughter with a not - s o- subtle coughing fi t. Justin cocked an eyebrow, but Shelby just shrugged.
    “ You’ll have to come with us , Shelby,” Seth said.
    “I don’t have time for this bullshit, Seth . ” Shelby return ed to pulling chairs down from the tables.
    “We have witnesses.”
    “I’m sure you do . W e were standing in the lobby of the damn bank.”
    John snorted, but Shelby ignored him and slammed another chair on the ground.
    “Don’t make me arrest you , ” Seth said, resting his hand on the cuffs hanging from his belt.
    “I’d like to see you try . ”
    Justin knew that look in her eye; she meant what she said, and from Seth’s face, he knew it, too. The other cop glanced from Seth to Shelby , not sure what to do.
    “Here’s the deal, Seth,” she said , moving to the last table. “I’ve got a shitload of work to do so I’m not going to let you arrest me today. But I’ d be happy to come down to the station tomorrow and file a complaint against Mr. Tanner for sexual harassment , which makes his nose job self-defense . And you can tell Bleeder Billy I’ll be filing that with his corporate office as well.”
    “Did he touch you?” Justin stepped closer, fists clenching . Brotherhood be damned . I f Billy even tried to lay a finger on Shelby , he’d break a hell of a lot more than his nose.
    Shelby met his eye and shook her head then