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He was right about that At least, on the surface "It wasn’t just that I thought you were a player It was that I thought I could never hold a guy like you I couldn’t even hang onto a guy like Victor"

"Fuck Victor," he bit out, taking her chin in his hand "He eak and pathetic And you?" His angry eyes went soft again, and she resisted the urge to "

"But I felt like nothing"

"And that’s why I did what I did" He ran his thu to accept it or even hear it from me, but so and sexy you were To give you back the confidence he’d taken froht in front of you The man who loves you"

And it was The truth of his words stared her right in the face Oneher down,her up and er "You loved me," she whispered, the words still so surreal she could hardly wrap her head around them

"I did" He leaned in and yanked her close "I do And I kno I fked this up and did everything the wrong way, but if you give ain"

She wriggled back toto tell h More than I should have I wanted you to have the tiure out what you really felt and wanted withoutyou But when I saw you at the bank…I didn’t know if it ishful thinking or real, but I thought I saw it there on your face That maybe you loved me too?"

What would Gra there like a ninny? Grab onto that hunk a’ o"

Trick seemed to hold his breath until she let her arainst him

"I do I love you so much I don’t knohy I didn’t see it The second we touched and the tingles started, I knew But I was so blind…so afraid of getting hurt again Then, you were in danger, and I was so afraid I want to try, Trick I want to try with you"

His arh into her hair "Jesus, Gracie, I know I don’t deserve that We don’t have to rush it I’ll wait as long as it takes I’ret it"

He pulled back and bent low to kiss her The taste of hihed "You’ve beenme cry like it’s your job lately"

He wiped her eyes with his thu I ever wanted to do and it stops today I swear it My new job is toto start right now"