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Even though she had asked ood idea But I had taken her into my arms and then slept beside her I hadn’t slept with a woirlfriend had broken e of sweet butts anted to ease my pain But whenever I took those woht Tobeside someone was almost more inti How in the hell had I gotten myself into this situation? I was coo I had left to save Sarah, and soed But as twisted as it sounds, it had changed for the better The truth was I enjoyed spending tih, her s me I may have saved her from Mendoza, but in a way it felt like she had savedwith Annabel, though, I couldn’t turn off the voice of doubt in h of a hero coave ht, if she hadn’t been abused at Mendoza’s hands, she would have never given a guy like hts

Most of all, I was afraid of doing anything that would hurt Annabel I didn’t want to be the cause of screwing up her recovery Like I had told her at dinner last night, there was no handbook on the right or wrong way to heal In another time and place, Annabel would have been the type of woman I pursued Beautiful, sweet, innocent, and a little bit sassy As crazy as it sounded, I alirl who had a boyfriend or husband waiting on her at hoirl ould catch my interest

Instead, fate could be a cruel bitch

Of course, I had to wonder what kind of sick fucker I was to even be thinking about Annabel in a sexual way Last night, I’d tried to put her at ease about her feelings while at the saled with irl a week--one part of which was spent rescuing her fro her heal Iwith h ht to be confused by her feelings for me Me, I had no excuse whatsoever

Annabel shifted and stretched in ain, her eyes were open and she was taking in her surroundings "Morning," I said softly

She jerked out of "

"Sorry if I scared you"

Annabel shook her head "No, it’s nothing like that I’ht"

"Annabel, you have nothing to be ehtmares and flashbacks are horrific I know that as well as you do"

"I hope you were able to sleep, considering I was lying all over you"

Even in the short time I had known her, it was clear to h the night I just woke up a little before you did"

"Guess we better get on the road, huh?"