Chapter 142

Kendrick watched from the shadows, a silent witness to the kiss. A passenger in the crazy jealous train careening through his body.

He envied Joel the first taste of those lips. Wished he could have been the one to come to Ruth's rescue, to have the right to claim such a glorious prize. A prize he didn't want. A woman he should walk away from. A woman whose only flaw lay in her humanity.

Should he or shouldn't he? Give into the burning of his body, or keep torturing himself? Fight with his best friend over a woman? Because he didn't doubt from the way Joel hugged Ruth tight, devoured her with the hunger of a man denied too long, he'd chosen his path. But did the road to Ruth's heart have room for one or two? If she could handle a pair, did Kendrick have it in him to share?