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"You scared me the moment I saw you, and I think it’s because I knew, I just kneas going to fall in love you I didn’t know our worlds were already intertwined, but ed to you from the start I didn’t believe a pain so deep existed while ere apart, but I also didn’t believe a love like ours existed You’ve shown iven iven ht I was dead"
E down her face in a rush "It’s also said if you love so is causing them pain That’s all I’ve ever caused you, Gavin From the moment we met, I’ve turned your world upside down And now this I can’t have you not speaking to your o so she can continue to love you"
Gavin recoiled Feeling knocked off balance, a flash of pain shot through his chest He sed, inhaling a deep, broken breath as he stared into her eyes "You can’t leavein his voice
"I have to," she choked out, dying from the fear she saw on his face "I can’t be the reason your family falls apart"
"You won’t be," Lillian’s soft voice hu her tone E her wet eyes in surprise Head spinning with confusion, she swiped her fingers across her cheeks, her body shaking "You won’t be the reason our family falls apart because I wouldn’t allooman who lovescloser, Lillian placed a tentative hand on E over with tears "I wouldn’t allow you to walk out of our lives What you were about to give up, though it would’ve hurt irl who loved a aze falling on Chad The corner of her mouth turned up in a s her eyes back to Emily’s, Lillian shook her head "It would’ve killed ive up those stolen breaths before he kissed randchild, I’d be honored to call you ht, her heart pounding so hard she could hear it as Lillian pulled her in for a long hug Eht life to the man she loved so desperately Not only was Eive up the stolen breaths he took froht, in the year her life would change in ained a mother
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
E when Gavin stood fro a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates She peeled her coat and scarf froh the living room, toward hiht?" She smiled as she looped her ar healthy?"
With a chocolaty smile, he kissed her "I do realize they’re almost teeks old, and no The unhealthier the better"
She s the s he had teeth any dentist would be proud to say they worked on, she was surprised he basically lived off of anything coated in sugar The sweeter, the better Over the last couple of s about Gavin thatin love with Without fail, twice a day, he’d spend at least thirtyup the bathroo Benjamin from a surround sound syste along To her surprise, but without a doubt to her liking, he had a wonderful addiction of sleeping nude She was a lucky girl oke everybut rock hard, naked alpha male
He wasn’t without odd habits either Emily considered him borderline OCD and possibly in need of therapist intervention He was a clean freak in the worst possible way Shit, if he found a crumb from a sandwich she’d eaten, it didn’t take hirab some paper towels and Windex and swiftly wipe down the surface This she’d laugh at, confused, because he had a housekeeper who came to clean four days a week It was as if he needed the penthouse sparkling before the woman came to do her job
Needless to say, E him into the fact it was indeed okay to leave some laundry piled up in the corner However, that was a battle she usually lost Either way, she considered every one of his little quirks and idiosyncrasies ravishingly cute She couldn’t help but love his many layers
With a s stack of ed into a chair, watching Eh the slush pile of invitations to local charity balls, Gavin plucked out his first delivery of Architectural Digest
"You have a letter here," Gavin inforranite countertop Opening the ropoli, straddling the Tyrrhenian Sea "I also paid off your Visa I suggest if you’re going to hide your credit card state care of your bills, you should co place than your jewelry box" Sporting a devious s "There’s a surprise for you in the lower level co her lips together, Euilty brows, but she couldn’t deny he was correct about finding a better spot to hide her bills Challenge accepted, she yanked the envelope from the counter and popped a kiss onto his sneaky teet azine, his tone was as cool as a lazy fall breeze "I’ll pass on that question and let you figure it out for yourself" With a slight jerk of his head in the direction of the bedrooazine, a smile curled the corner of his h and a smile of her own, Eer under the lip of the envelope, tearing it open With a ser that’d been assaulted with a fresh paper cut She sucked the wound, trying to ease the pain With the envelope in her uninjured hand, and the burn starting to dissipate, she flipped over the envelope, her heart nearly stopping when her gaze triggered in on the handwriting on the front
Though it was void of a return address, there was noDillon’s scrawl She sed and pulled out the paper, quickly unfolding it Heart ju wildly, she scanned a photocopy of an explanation of benefits from her old insurance company It was a detailed breakdown of her doctor’s visit from a feeeks earlier Confused, because she specifically re the receptionist her new insurance information and address, Emily didn’t understand how the paperound up with Dillon With a blood red ram" At the bottom of the paper, he wrote: