“Why does nearly every woman in this house seem to have some kind of connection with you? There’s Minami, the historic ex. Avery, the other ex. Tamryn, the mysterious new entry. And then me, of course, the—” “Don’t,” he says. So sharp that my eyes let go of Antares to find his. “Don’t put yourself in the same category as Minami, or Avery, or Tamryn. You do not belong there.”
