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He shrugged, as always "I don’t know I didn’t know then and I don’t kno All I know is" His voice lowered "I don’t hate it"
Violet’s cheeks burned "Do you think it’s because you’rethat you can"
Rafe stepped toward her and instinctively she backed away "What? Do I think it’s what?"
It was her turn to shrug "Because you’re psychic? That we have some sort of weirdconnection?" Violet turned away fro nervously over the titles on the bookshelf again to avoid the intensity of his gaze "Sam says you’re different with me Is that true?" And when he didn’t anshen the silence went on too long and Violet wasn’t sure he understood, she tried again "Are you? Different, I ht at her back She could practically feel his breath against her neck He was close Too close, and Violet felt her stohten "I am," he whispered, even quieter than usual "I don’t want to be, but I aiving the only answer she could She didn’t know if she could even breathe
His hands, both of them, touched her arms while he stood there, behind her The shock of his touch was overshadowed by the pounding of her heart and the blood beating through her veins
She heard hihtened just the barest amount
Violet squeezed her eyes shut She didn’t knohat to say, but everything seeed
His hands fell away "I know" His voice sounded like it was being ripped from his throat "I already know, you don’t have to say it I’ve known all along, it’s what I do It’s one ofit sound vile, dirty "But it doesn’t mean I have to feel the same way And that’s why I don’t want you around"
Violet turned to face hirily Why had he said all of this? Why couldn’t he have left things the way they were?
But he wasn’t finished with her yet "It’s also why I can’t leave you alone"
Chapter 21
VIOLET FELT LIKE AN IDIOT AFTER SHE LEFT Rafe’s, and she replayed the conversation in her head all the way ho? How had she not known that Rafe’s feelings were ht about it, the one out of his way to spend so much time with her, especially when both Krystal and Sam had told her that Rafe avoided everyone else?