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    But Jeff was reckless. That kid had a knack for chaos, and everyone in the Evans family knew it. He was even more of a headache than Taylor himself, and Taylor wasn’t dumb enough to push his luck with Jeff.


    With that in mind, Taylor sighed and began erasing his angry reply. Letter by letter, he wiped it away. Backing down stung, but it was the only choice he had.


    Taylor decided it was pointless to keep dragging Lh’s name through the mud. Instead of stewing on it, he figured he might as well head upstairs and crash.


    Pushing off the couch, Taylor sprang to his feet and stomped toward the staircase, jaw locked tight. Two steps in, though, he came to an abrupt halt. Someone was on their way down.


    It was Cole. Usually, he carried himself with impableposure, but right now, he looked nearly as wrecked as Taylor did.


    Taylor’s own eyes were rimmed red, his skin pale from a sleepless night spent sparring with Ublento Medical University students online. Yet, Cole’s face was far worse—his expression stormy, his eyes bloodshot to the point of looking raw. Taylor wondered whether Cole had stayed up the whole night working. But that guess didn’t sit right. If it were just another brutal round of overtime, Cole would still be collected, his usual picture of control. Instead, his face carried the kind of fury that looked seconds away from boiling over. Could it be that Cole had also been locked in a fight all night? And who in their right mind would push him that far?


    While Taylor’s thoughts spun, Cole’s steps brought him to the bottom of the staircase, right in Taylor’s path.


    “Cole,” Taylor managed, his throat dry and his voice edged with unease. Every instinct warned him that a punch wasing, even though he had no clue what he had done wrong. Had he somehow crossed a line without realizing it? Before the answer could form, Cole’s hand came down on Taylor’s shoulder. It was nothing more than a light pat, but the pressure carried the weight of a warning that couldn’t be mistaken.


    Taylor’s mind raced. What exactly was he being warned about? A man who could steal the show from anyone else was now standing in front of Cole, looking more like a scared little bird than any superstar.


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    Taylor slouched and cast a nervous nce upward before saying, “Was there something you wanted?”


    Cole smiled, his lips pulling back slowly. His voice sounded almost friendly, but Taylor could feel the tension. “You just said you’d give Lh a piece of your mind if you saw her, right?”


    Taylor lookedpletely lost. He couldn’t for the life of him figure out why Cole was acting this way.


    Cole didn’t bother exining himself. Instead, his grin spread wider and his tone dropped into something deceptively gentle. “Fantastic, I’ll bring Lh over today so you can give her that earful. Just stay right here and wait for her. I’ll be watching then.”


    Cole gave Taylor’s shoulder another calcted tap.


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    Taylor stood frozen to the spot for what felt like an eternity. His skin crawled. Throughout the brief exchange, Cole had kept that unsettling smile, but Taylor was sure there was something sharp hiding behind it. When had he gotten on Cole’s bad side? And why was Lh suddenlying to meet the family? Taylor, the superstar, usually so confident, now felt like aplete and utter fool.


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