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The depth of his apology stunned e what I saw What I’d felt and let otten about me My head shook, but he continued

"I fucked up, I know I have never beenin ot stuck at the garage tonight, I swear to God"

"I’m sure you can understand why I don’t believe you," I bit out, and hated that my eyes burned with unshed tears

Deacon Carver hadn’t deserved my tears then, and he most certainly didn’t deserve thelimpse into how much he’d hurt me

"Give me a chance to make it up to you"

"No!" I huffed sadly and shook ht of ize and soree to let you make it up to me And then you made me look like an idiot because I so stupidly let ht actually care about someone other than yourself! Because I believed that you would actually show"

"Charlie, I do, and I et to try to tell me how you intended to be there for e hands tightened aroundwith h his touch alone

But I wasn’t finished

Deacon should know better by now If I thought about soo inabout it I wouldn’t stop until I said every last word

"And now look where we arewith you forcing ive you another chance" I forced a laugh from my chest, but it sounded wet from my tears "How many ti soh I’d slapped him across the face "You think I find this funny? You think this is a joke to me?"

"What else could it be?"

My breath came out on a rush when ainstme in place, his face was a breath fro hih breath brushedinside ain

His hands ers barely grazed against the slope ofmy jaw

His eyes followed thethe path they took, the curve ofto be freed

Begging to be seen by this hly as his nose brushed against mine "Thisdoes this feel like a joke? Because the hell you’ve been putting h for the past teeks sure as fuck hasn’t felt like one"