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Ti out and Parker didn’t knohat to do She just knew she couldn’t stand there and watch the two of the with her own life if it came down to it, but she would never put the lives of sointo, in jeopardy If there was even a thread of truth to what Milo said, she had to do soet back to the palace ASAP," Parker said calmly
"Will you listen to yourself?" Garrett shouted "You’re doing it again You’re letting yourself fall for his lies We don’t have one shred of evidence that says he won’t go running back to Fernandez and help him kill us"
Milo stepped closer to Garrett and pleaded with "I let both of you down, and I know that You have no reason to believe ain I let you down Garrett, you were ave two shits about ht"
Parker moved to Garrett’s side to try and calm him down but he stepped away from her She tried to hide the hurt she felt because she knew Garrett was in just as much turmoil
Garrett saw the belief in Milo’s words written all over Parker’s face, and it opened up old wounds inside of hiain, Garrett was on the sidelines watching his forirl Only this time she knew exactly how much Garrett loved her, but her choice was still the sauest But I won’t have any part of it," Garrett told her
"I’ anyone’s side, Garrett," Parker pleaded with him She wanted to wrap her ar, but all of a sudden it didn’t feel appropriate She was so confused by everything going on around her that she didn’t knohat to believe She wrung her hands together nervously as she looked back and forth between Garrett and Milo while they stared each other down Regardless of the fact she no longer loved Milo, he’d still been her best friend at one time She wasn’t a hundred percent certain she trusted everything he said, but she felt like she needed to give him a chance to prove what he said was true She had never been the type of person to pass judgment on anyone, least of all the people she cared about Garrett rong She wasn’t falling for Milo’s lies She just wanted to know the truth And to do that, she had to show Milo she illing to listen
"I want to hear what else he has to say, what other inforive us If he really is who he says he is, he can get us e need," Parker explained, leaning her body closer to Garrett’s "All of this can finally be over"
Garrett knew nothing he said would change her mind He knew they didn’t need Milo to nail Fernandez, but Parker didn’t trust that She didn’t trust him and his team to do their job She’d rather put her faith in a man who almost ruined all of them Garrett felt like he’d been punched in the face instead of Milo He was disappointed in Parker and disappointed in hi his e Parker say that all of this could finally be overthe two of them in that statement He needed some distance He needed to clear his head and let Parker do whatever it was she needed to He would meet with the new SEAL team and take care of business on his own He wasn’t a coh; he wouldn’t let her do this alone He would tell Brady that their team was now completely at Parker’s disposal
With his decisionbackwards away fro his back on her, rounding the corner of their villa, and disappearing froo, too pissed off to try and stop him He clain of trouble or conflict he walked away
"I’h," Milo said quietly fro after Garrett for so long she alot he was there
"You should be," she told him as she turned around "If you kneith the CIA, you should have known that I could help you"
Milo shook his head "I couldn’t tell anyone I had strict orders The less people who knew, the better our chances The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you, Park"
He grew bold, stepping up to her and brushing a strand of hair out of her eyes Parker pulled her head away before he could touch her anyht proved to be the absolute truth, she wasn’t the sao She wouldn’t be able to fall back into any kind of relationship with him easily, even one as simple as friendship There would always be complications between the could fix
"Don’t," Parker warned him
Milo quickly pulled his hand back and shoved it into the pocket of his pants
"I’ood to see you, Parker"
Parker shook her head and took a deep breath, but Milo spoke before she could say anything
"I know this is all confusing and you’re pissed and I don’t blame you But I just want you to know that I love you If I could go back and change everything I would It kills me that I had to leave you, to make you believe I was dead in order to make this work I hope you can see how sorry I aet back to―"
"Milo, stop," Parker interrupted, squeezing her eyes shut to ward off those awfulher hand in the air to silence hi to be one of the good guys doesn’t s were It’s not the saet ether I still love you Not a day has gone by that I haven’t thought about you or wished I could be with you If you can just forgive o back to that," he pleaded
"No, we can’t Milo, we’re in theto take down the leader of this country Soain for God kno many years And even if that wasn’t the case, even if ere home and you suddenly showed up out of the blue, it still wouldn’t change anything"
Milo looked panicked now He began to pace back and forth in front of Parker while they still reet it You need tis cals out"
Parker shook her head in disbelief He still wasn’t getting it She kneas not theon the table when they had work to do, but nothing would get through to Milo unless she was blunt