"Fuck! Evan never mentioned his childhood to any of us. No
wonder we hardly ever saw him." Jared Sinclair's grip tight-
ened around the mug of coffee he was holding. "Why didn't
he tell us?" "Maybe because we were all too evolved in our
own problems to notice that he had his own challenges. It
was easier for him to just stay quiet," Grady observed from
his position on the leather couch. "He's always been the
one to take care of us, and I'm betting that he's too used to
talking about his problems with anyone. I'm not saying it's
fair.It's just too comfortable for Evan not to be in a position
of control."
"No shit," Jared admitted, possibly because he was re-
members the dark times in his life that he might not have
survived if not for Evan.
Micah Sinclair felt just a little remorseful himself as he
remembered a few jests he'd thrown at Evan, trying to take
his pompous eldest cousin down a few notches. He liked
Evan, even understood him a little since he was the eldest
son too, but he could never resist a poke at the arrogant,
stuffy side of him. No doubt Evan was arrogant, but maybe
not quite as much as Micah had previously believed. Oh
hell, honestly, his cousin definitely was a cocky bastard, but
not quite for the reasons he'd imagined.
He looked at the three men sitting with him in Jared's
living room, all of them pretty somber about Hope's earlier
revelations regarding the things none of them had known
about Evan. The home had retreated upstairs to finish up
plans for Hope's party. The guys were still trying to make
sense of Evan's silence.Hope had said that Evan had never
asked her not to share, and she thought that everyone
should know about the issues he had dealt with while he
was growing up. Micah was pretty sure Evan's omission
didn't mean he had wanted his sister to tell the whole
family about his problems. In fact, knowing Evan, he
never wanted anyone to know at all. Micah could relate
to feeling that way. But Hope had taken a chance and
shared what she knew about Evan because she cared
about him. Hope just wants all of her family back toget-
her and whole after what they experienced earlier in
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The Billionaire's Touch
RomansaAfter a troubling childhood, wealthy Evan Sinclair likes life orderly and controlled. He rarely gives in to spontaneously urges--until he begins a chance correspondence with a mystery woman who sounds like his complete opposite...
