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Feeling a hot tear start to trickle down her cheek, she lowered her head, desperately trying to maintain a shred of her pride as she pulled the key from her pocket and handed it to him Without another word, he closed the door behind hi roo herself out there was that she’d never had to feel this sting of rejection She’d never had the man she loved tell her that he was happy with so much that she just wanted to curl up into a ball and withdraw into her shell She had never seriously considered ould happen to her if Mac wasn’t willing to listen to her or if he didn’t return her feelings
Was she ain? Should she walk away now and let hio? She would have thrown a full-blown pity party if not for one thing: he didn’t see when they ran into each other, no matter where it was Now he just looked so sad or--the last few days--ether Wouldn’t someone as in love and happy seem, wellhappy? Maybe it was a s to If she stopped now after one rebuff, then she was right back to doing what she always had done, taking the easy way out, running away before things got tough She had to be the one to pursue hi to him Maybe toht at theon her next stunt Hopefully, she could find a new hobby to try that wasn’t horribly scary It would all be worth it in the endor at least she hoped so
He was officially in hell and had no idea what to do next Ava’s ad, and he was pretty sure that he wasn’t even fit to drive hi her tell him that she wanted a relationship with hiiven everything he had a fewfro, his cock had been rearing its eager head, raring to make his dreams a reality He had felt physically sick when he lied to her face, telling her that he was happy now Maybe he had been getting by and hty the last few days and started throwing out all kinds of nals
First she was draped all over Doel, and then she was sticking that sweet little tongue of hers in his h to make him come in his pants Next she was back on Do with him Now suddenly today she wanted to date Mac and move forward Shit, his ure out where she would be next
Ava had always been a constant in his life Even if he didn’t like what she did at tiht stands, she was fairly predictable It hurt like hell, but he recovered fro to her People had needs and like her, he scratched that itch when it was necessary Would he have rather they both scratched each other’s? Hell yeah, but she’d never allowed that to happen
One proble He and Gwen had not slept together yet They’d rounded several bases, but she had s slow and see where they went Lately, she had see close to home plate and he found himself at a crossroads he had never encountered before Gasn’t the type of person to give herself physically without expecting soood person, and she deserved a coet complicated in a hurry He had been co that it was the next step to s were more up in the air than ever before, and he felt he just needed so Gwen for dinner tonight She was supposed to be back in town in a few hours, and they were having an early ht noas to see either her or Ava for that matter He was too twisted up inside
He couldn’t believe his Avie was finally on the sae that he had been on for years and he’d walked away froh? His heart had been shredded by her lack of reciprocation for his feelings for so long that he had trouble believing that she h he didn’t doubt that soed in her recently There was a spark in her eyes that hadn’t been there since she was a teenagersince that night so long ago He felt certain that he and Ava would have been a couple; he’d probably even married her by now if not for what that bastard did to her It had changed the sweet, funny, outgoing girl he had been patiently waiting on to grow up into a woman anted to close out the world
He’dthe rown as close as she would allow and so akin to longing in her eyes Those times broke him apart because he felt exactly the sao back up and she’d bring soht and effectively put him back in his place Thus, the cycle continued for years with only the one kiss that he’d attempted to initiate before he’d officially decided to o ho Gwen He felt sure the conflict that was raging inside hih to look He only hoped that Gould attribute it to so other than Ava She had already questioned the relationship between them more than once He knew that Gould be doubly suspicious after his actions in the parking garage when they’d run into Do on Dom’s bike Yeah, for so at every corner lately
Chapter Ten
Ava fought the urge to cover her chest with her hands as she walked toward the entrance of Danvers International on Mondayone of the new outfits that she had recently purchased and it wasthan she was comfortable with The Indian blue silk wrap dress ure as if it had beene Actually, it took her irls, as Emma called them, and made them appear almost voluptuous The he than she normally displayed