TWIN PASSIONS: (A Logan Brothers Novel)
she was Cade's.
It was the story of my life.
    I heard the door open suddenly
and snatched my hand back away from Gemma's face. We both turned to
see Cade appear in the doorway.
    His eyes scanned quickly over
the scene. It must have looked odd, but innocent enough, the two of
us just sitting and chatting on the edge of the tub.
    “ Ah, I see you two have met!
Gem, as you can probably tell, Zack is my twin!”
    She smiled and stood suddenly,
moving in towards him. He leaned in and gave her a kiss.
    “ Yeah, you boys are the
spitting image of each other! Without that dyed hair, Cade, I'd never
be able to tell you apart!”
    She spoke quickly, almost
nervously, trying to cover things up.
    I caught the expression on her
face, like a deer caught in the headlights. She made no mention of
the fact that we knew each other, speaking as if she'd just met me. I
followed suit.
    “ Yeah bro,” I said, standing
up, putting on a front, “you should have seen her face when she
came in. Hilarious.”
    I stood and started moving towards the
door.
    “ Look, I've been in here too
long. I'd better get out there and start mingling. I'll leave you two
alone.”
    I walked past as Cade kissed
Gemma again, her eyes watching me leave before closing. The sight
made my stomach turn. Of all people, why Cade.
    Why fucking Cade.

Chapter 5 - Gemma
    8 Months Ago
    Gemma

    It was winter time and Us and
Them were doing a spread on getting a great body for winter
vacations to the beach.
    You don't have to wait until
summer to get in shape! Get fit for Christmas and your winter
vacation, and stay feeling great all year round!
    That was the general idea of the
piece, and I had been asked to put together a workout system to help
people get 'bikini-ready' in only 4 weeks. It didn't seem to bother
my editor that I wasn't a fitness and health professional. All she
wanted was something to fill the magazine.
    I had begun to get the feeling
that this job wasn't going to be everything I'd hoped and expected it to be. I'd hoped
to be out there interviewing people and gathering the views of
experts so, in this case, perhaps interviewing a local personal
trainer and getting them to write up a routine. I'd get the piece
done, and they'd get a bit of publicity if I included their name and
website in the piece.
    But no, it wasn't really like
that. I'd been at the job for about 6 months and it was clear that my
job was to offer filler. Maybe one day soon I'd be given a bit more
responsibility, but not right now. A quick search on Google was all I
really needed to find the information I'd need.
    On this occasion, though, I
wanted to get some first-hand info, at least play at being a proper
journalist to see how it fitted. Maybe Mrs Banks, my editor, would be
impressed if I took the initiative? Maybe she'd see that I had a lot
more to offer than simply copying and pasting?
    I decided to go down to my local
gym and talk to a few of the personal trainers there. I knew if I
told them I was from the magazine they'd be willing to help me out,
even if I didn't put their names to the article. A simple suggestion
that I might be able to offer them some form of promotion in the
future would get them interested. Personal trainers were always
looking for new ways to increase their client list.
    For an hour or so after work
I spoke to a couple of different women working at  Lift , the
most popular gym in town. They were both in incredible shape and had
been working in the industry for over 10 years each.
    They both had an hour between
clients and were more than happy to talk to me about the most
effective workout systems for quick weight loss and muscle toning. I
knew a bit myself, so wasn't surprised when they said the main focus
needed to be on diet, with exercise a distant second. Nutrition, I
said, was being handled by someone else, so all I needed from them
was an effective workout system.
    After about an hour I had a
load of great notes to work with. I mean, I knew that I could

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