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"No," he said and nipped her "I'll always do what I think is best for ant"

"It's who I am now, Ash Get used to it You're under my sphere of influence, which h "You're worse than Xander!" She touched his face with cool fingers "I feel fine I don't feel weak, and I don't feel like I'll have an episode any time soon"

He assessed her body She retained soenerate quickly was serving her well "You can go," he said "And you return right back here To ht "I really am stuck with you, aren't I?" She displayed the palree since identified the thought of escape in her mind She was there for Brandon and when this mess with Valon was over, Jonny suspected Ashley was headed straight for Xander

But … it was a good thing It would save hi out his own emotions

"C'mon Charles ant you ready to leave soon" With soled himself from her warm body and climbed out of bed

Ashley trailed He listened to the sound of her getting dressed and lifted his hands to his face, breathing in her scent The co, and lust lit him on fire from the inside out

"Thank you"

He didn't expect to hear the words and turned to face her "For what?"

"For being gentle" Unaware he could see her troubled expression in the dark, he studied her

"That bothers you?"

"Sometimes I wish you weren't So her neck

So you can leave when this is over Jonny kept the words to hiain And in truth, turning the other cheek when sheter her around Emotions made him vulnerable, and he couldn't afford to be weak

"Means to an end, Ash," he said as reat deal in the nareater purpose, but he sensed Ashley didn't have that sauided everything she did He envied her ability to feel without consequence He had always thought her pretty, but in the afterglow of their love he had lost, Jonny found her ht possible