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"No" I waited a beat "Do you wantup, and she was beco a problem I would do what Sas This was about what Sam wanted me to do It was all about how to make her my first priority, remember that she was my first priority When she didn’t answer, I prodded, "Sam?"

"I don’t knohat to say I hate that she’s here I trust you, but I don’t trust her" She cringed and pressed her fingers to her forehead, rubbing at a headache "She just won’t go away Why won’t she go away? I don’t knohat to think about last night She came to that lunch, then she’s in your hallway, and you’re apologizing for not dealing with that"

Hearing the misery in her voice sealed it for ain, and it was my job to make sure it didn’t happen If I had to, I would make Marissa hate me Maybe then she’d stay away

I knelt in front of her My hands went to her legs, felt how stiff they were, and I cursed inside "Hey"

She gazed down at me Raw hurt was in there I helped put it there I couldn’t talk for a oes away I promise"

The relief was evident Her head bobbed up and down in a weak nod A different look came across her features, and she stiffened Her shoulders lifted, staying there "I have to tell you soavearound Saan said that to me, I kneas the real reason Sa secrets, so thisaway at her I nodded "Go ahead"

"It’s about that guy I told you about, the guy who tookthat, made me want to hunt hiuy she had lost her virginity to, but I wasn’t duretted it A part of h The usual condemnation that she had whenever she had spoken about him wasn’t there I still heard the nervousness, and thatto sound casual, I murmured, "Yeah?"

"He’s here Iback to her lap, she rushed out, "His name is Jackson; he’s Jeff’s cousin I cheated on Jeff with him, once, a few months before we broke up I never talked to him after that, but he recently h a divorce He’s going to school at FCA He’s," her tone softened,football star"

"Jackson?" What was her ex’s last naht-end? He was at Cequate High School?" Shit He was good

"There’s nothing there"

I felt her eyes onat her Yeah, she was right There wasn’t anything there because if there had been, that guy would be fucked I shookto myself Even if I wanted to kick his ass, I wouldn’t have Sallaway’s reputation was a good one He was a decent guy He didn’t ritted ? His nicknahed, but it stopped iroaned "That h came from me "I’lint in her eyes as she approachedtoto reassure reat of a guy I was I already knew these things I didn’t need her to re He’d be there and I’d remain here My stomach was already in knots, but I lifted my head and waited for her to stand in front of me As she did, my hands went to her hips Hers cupped , "No one will ever be you All roads lead to you, Mason No one elsetowards you"

I nodded, feeling the graze froed her ontoto sit sideways, I lifted her and pulled her legs so she was straddlingand the tension in her body She was trying to reassurethe shit out of her

Runningit under her shirt, I watched her This was one of my favorite moments, when I would touch her and could watch her reaction Her eyelids dropped, and she relaxed I slidit under her bra, and pulling it towards her front, under her ar her breast, it ar over the nipple As I did, Saainstinto me, and she leaned forward intome access there

I leaned forward and kissed her neck We had thirtyto enjoy every minute of it and make sure Jackson Sallaas a very distant memory for her

SAMANTHA

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