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The sa your son? Good thinking Besides, don’t you want soets you? Who’s your equal? Someone you can count on and vice versa?

“Shut up, already I get it,” heout how to fix it, I’host”

But was it even possible to fix it? Cass’s frozen routine was a safeguard against him, after all He’d started their relationship solely with the intent of leveraging their attraction to get his hands on her for him to reap what he’d sown Which was no less than he deserved The rift between them was as much his fault as hers

He’d wanted so uising his thirst for Cass as a drive to beat the competition

And by the wayif you’ve never done perured out how to sacrifice and be selfless, you know being a father will be that much harder

His chest squeezed again Nicolas was right Gage’s closest coone brother He had no idea how to do relationships And he needed to Gage couldn’t be a good father if he flitted between commitment and freedom He’d already realized that but now he kne to fix it

He had to learn how to stick He wanted to Cass and Robbie were both worth it

Somehow, he had to prove to Cass that she could trust him this time That he wasn’t responsible for the leak

He wanted Cassandra Clare him the ultimate experience he’d yet to have

But as difficult as it was to adood partner or a good father He’d never had a relationship before—with anyone, his family, a loveras different this tiive him one last chance?

After a long night of tossing and turning, Gage sat up in bed as the perfect answer came to him

Phillip Edgewood

Cass frowned as she listened to the detective spoutconcrete to report, blah, blah She switched her phone to the other ear but the news didn’t get any better

At the end of the day, Rebecca Moon either wasn’t the culprit or she had been very, very savvy about herpointed to the wo pointed to a link between her and Gage, and Cass was tired of beating her head against this wall