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Yeah, right, I thought. Lie number one. “Can’t say I feel the same way,” I said.

He ignored my dig. “I’m glad they found you. I was worried when I heard you were out trying to find some poor sucker who took a wrong turn.”

Lie number two. Jack O’Brien never worried about anything other than himself. “You’re not welcome here, O’Brien. Do us both a favor and leave.”

I’d hoped to see a flicker of hurt in those beautiful eyes, but none appeared. He stared back at me with the gaze that used to make my body hum with an all-consuming need.

“I simply came by to check up on Charlie.”

“So you checked. Time to leave.”

He raised a single dark eyebrow, but didn’t move. “You look good. Mountain air seems to agree with you,” he said, as if we exchanged such pleasantries every day. “Things going okay for you?”

“Just fine. Thanks ever so much for asking.”

He waited, the stillness of his body putting me even more on edge. I didn’t bother asking him how he’d been. There wasn’t any need. No one asked about the condition of perfection.