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Emily pressed a hand to herher set in For a few painful rief erupted in her chest A torrent of tears flen her cheeks Her cries echoed throughout the hallway She retreated and felt her back hit the wall She stared at his door, the vivid ed and twisted in her gut as she slowlywith its descent

Shoulders slumped and spirit broken, Eht above the stove cast a faint glow across the living roo her footsteps, so as not to wake Olivia, E, a cloak of sadness enveloped her as she padded into her bathrooht and stared at her reflection The green eyes, once vivid with hope, held no seers over her cheeks, muddied with mascara Her face looked pale Even worse, her heart was stricken with loss She flattened her pal her head, and wept, gulping for air as pain so deep blanketed her soul Regret in thenoose around her neck

She tried to cal her face After reaching for a towel, she dried herself and shut off the light Fatigue slowed her feet as she made her way to her bed, and she curled up on her side Exhausted, she sank into the ain a few hours of sleep But that wouldn’t come

No

As seconds, minutes, and hours ticked by, Gavin’s pained face and confused blue eyes invaded Emily’s conscience She drew in a shaky breath, rolled onto her back, and stared at the ceiling Over the next few hours, swells of gut-wrenching pain rippled across her heart She’d let hinore the ear-piercing sound of Blake Industries’ private jet’s engines firing up, Gavin wondered if Eet Wondered how this was truly the end He’d lost her In less than seven hours, she would be Dillon’s for good

He tugged his suitcase fro further into his stoht sky Colton stepped onto the tarmac, his expression no more at ease than it’d been when Gavin came to him

"You don’t have to do this, littlearound in the engines’ fury "Bouncing out of the city in theher back"

Gavin wasn’t sure if leaving would erase the mark Emily had seared into his soul He also wasn’t sure if he’d ever be free fro owned… he knew he had to get out of New York Get the fuck out, and get far away frohost of Eet off the grid for a while, Colton," Gavin argued, roughing a hand over his face "I can’t be here Just take care of switching our stocks out of Dillon’s hands"

Colton released a weighty breath and nodded "I’ll take care of it first thing Monday"You have to be good with all of this when you get back Promise me you’ll put Emily to rest while you’re down there"

Gavin’s chest palpitated at the sound of her narave "I’ll try"

After a fewat one another, Gavin cli, he watched his brother drive off the property of the small, private airport Mind-fucked and in the deepest tur into the pocket of his jeans and pulled out his cell phone Without looking at it, he tossed it onto the runway It shattered when it hit the ground Off the gridto pull hi to convince his to the flight attendant, the pilot careet him