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Eers start drifting toward my neck Then her eyes widen, and she quickly draws back "Sorry"

"You’re fine" I continue on, hoping e secrets can do instead of her ending upto lie I wasn’t a saint I had a lot of hts with sohts with a few police officers I had a lot of anger inme up, and I took it out on a lot of people Ben was probably the first justifiable fight I’d been in, but the dae had already been done People only saw uy I’d been in the past That’s the thing--once you choose to be someone, it’s really hard to erase that choice Is it possible? Sure But it takes a lot of time" Time that I need That’s all that I want--tiood person I’ve wanted to be

"What about Aura?" Emery finally speaks, her voice as smooth as honey and her brows are furrowed in confusion "Didn’t she tell the police what really happened?"

I shake my head "She wouldn’t speak up I’m not sure if it was because she was afraid or what, but it doesn’t really matter She didn’t speak up, and I was sent to juvie for two years for assault"

"That’s not fair," she says furiously, sitting up straight on the bed "She should have spoken up The only reason you got into the fight in the first place was to protect her"

"Not everything in life is fair" I give a half-shrug "When I think back, I re that’s why she didn’t speak up--that he sort of silenced her with fear"

I’ a little bit et E what’s right isn’t always the easiest thing That she may be afraid of her father, but she still needs to speak up about the stuff he does I want Stale to be wrong about her Want Eood

"Fear is pretty toxic, isn’t it?" she aze s "Yes, it is"

She stares at aze zeroes in on my lips "I’m so sorry that happened to you… Even if you do work for my father," she whispers more to herself "Adults can be so cruel to the people they take care of, can’t they?"

I nod, and then suddenly, her lips crash into h as the first one we shared, forceful, bruising MyThis has to be wrong The last thing I should be doing is kissing Doc’s daughter, especially when I don’t even know the reason why I’ht Where’s the line?

Stop it I need to stop it

My brainaway, I dive dangerously into the kiss Eainstthe sah the hair on the back ofsears her lips

"Oh, God… I’ve forgotten… how good… this feels," she moans, her voice filled with fear and ecstasy

The sound of her voice turns ive to be inside her I can’t cross that line, though, not when she doesn’t knoho I truly aht drifts froainst roan escapeswith need, I slide raze my thumb across the outside of her breast Her nipple hardens from underneath the fabric, and I damn near lose control I bite her botto another , and the feel of her body heat is like fucking nirvana I want et for just two da blindingly into an abyss I’et out of

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