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Made sense Perfect sense Calm, rational, unemotional sense Shell couldn’t accept it She wanted a reaction Be it anger, sadness, agitation, whatever She needed hi toward her She felt soHow could he stand there as though unaffected? She was sick and fucking tired of loving afor her

The tip of her nose tingled, warning her of approaching tears Thisto Townsend had been a mistake She was a fool to think she could live near him and not destroy herself, and Copper had driven that hoht

“Then why did you hold me?” Holy crap, she’d actually asked it

His eyes widened, but he didn’t say anything

“What? You think I was asleep or so? Well, I wasn’t” She stepped forward and jaer into his chest

“So” Poke

“Why” Poke

“Did” Poke

“You” Poke

“Do” Poke

“It”

He grabbed her finger, stopping it fro into his very hard pecs one last ti

“What, Copper? What are you going to do?” She rose on her tiptoes, getting in his face as ht difference Each tiainst him

Copper’s eyes dilated until the jade green rim was almost sed up by the black He leaned down “You don’t want to know, Shell You couldn’t fucking handle it”

Hunger It was there, plain as day Not just appreciation for her assets, but actual desire for her

Holy shit Over the years, she’d heard the rumors

Copper wanted her but would never give in because she was too young

Before his death, her father warned Copper to keep the men in the club away from her

Copper had so her from himself