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She walked toward the roooo Without bothering to re or pull back the blankets, she flopped back-first onto the bed Softness enveloped her, a counter to the ache in her heart at the er

God, the way he’d glared at her She probably could have shot him, and he wouldn’t have been as devastated His eyes reflected just how utted him Whatever headway she’d made into his heart was co of it was, no matter how many times she replayed the incident in her head—and it’d been hundreds of tile alternate solution

Bottoan Loved hi an ounce of pain And she knew in her heart she’d done the right thing He just had to co the club would have altered the course of his life in the h life without purpose or faside him He may hate her at the moment, but someday in the future he’d think back to this time and realize she called Copper to step in because she loved hi Lefty That was an inevitability

It didn’t take long for the lull of sleep to pull her under When she woke, she had no clue what ti her brain picked up on was the throbbing in her cheek and hah she’d been crying in her sleep How TV h not entirely unexpected after the intensity of the day With a sigh, she rolled to her back and winced at the soreness froht with Lefty

So her ears

“I’ht now, bucko, you fuck this up further and I swear to God Lefty won’t be the only one dying today You catch my drift?”

“Babe, I’ You’re about as subtle as an avalanche”

Izzy harrue And we are, right, Logan?”

Logan grunted and Chloe’s lips quirked Leave it to him to respond to a threat with a sound instead of words

“Go on in,” Izzy said “I checked on her twenty o and she was passed out”

She i as he reached for the door Footsteps indicated Jig and Izzy’s retreat As the doorknob turned, Chloe sucked in a breath and quickly s She rubbed a thumb under each eye They came away black Great, mascara tracks were always a man-pleaser

“Oh, you’re up” Logan said as he soundlessly stepped into the room

“Yeah, I, uh, just woke up What time is it?”