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I shook my head "No, I don’t deserve you"

He exhaled in frustration "See, that’s the problem You believe in your own bullshit You believe that you don’t deserve happiness, so you reject it, and then it costs you happiness It’s wrong"

"But I don’t know if…" If what? I wanted him? I paused then and closed my mouth shut

"You don’t knohat? Just say it"

I couldn’t say it because even I was confused with myself

"Look, I can see you need some time to yourself Maybe you should stick around for a couple et your head sorted out Lucinda’s a lovely woman, and you’re here in your horave and then figure out this shit with… him" He wouldn’t say Jaxon’s naht of hiht route to take for now He stood up and ht ainst him This was the exact position I’d been in with Jaxon, I realized Only… it was all wrong soave me comfort, but the desire wasn’t there

The rest of the day went by quietly I was ninety percent done by the tis I hadn’t touched were those boxes

"Are you going to open them?" Daniel asked

"Not yet I’ll… do it to this stupid chore for "tomorrow" I couldn’t ad to be sorting through them I just knew that they would be if she’d placed the important, and I wasn’t up for that yet

"Did you want me to drop you back off at Lucinda’s house?" Daniel said as alked back to the car

I looked at hiht?"

"I don’t know if that’s a good idea" There was apprehension in his deoing to go, then? We can find a room–"

"I think I’ll drive back home I sort of cancelled a whole bunch of appointain toot into the car Despite everything, he was still affectionate on our way back He stroked ot to the house, he stopped at the driveway and brought my hand to his lips for a soft kiss "I meant it when I said I still want you," he whispered "I’ll be waiting for you at ho, Daniel"

"Get the answers you need and come back to me We’ll sort it out"

"I will"

"Promise me you’ll come back"

I looked at hi atto keep the hesitation at bay "I promise"

He watched me climb out and make my way to the front door I looked over at him once and waved, and then he waved back and backed out of the driveway

When he was gone, I rang the doorbell, but there was no answer I opened my purse and pulled out the house key I went to put it in when a hand touchedbefore recognizing the voice I looked up at Jaxon who’d come out of… just where, exactly?

"What the hell!" I yelled furiously

"Didn’t mean to scare you" There was a faint s out here?"