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Doht and narrow, proh this without grabbing Lara

“Seriously Why are you here?”

Lara sucked her bottoht back to the iroaned

“You ignored everything I said I told you about ing,” she said quietly, looking at her fingers instead of at his, it hurt me”

God

Dominic scrubbed his hands over his face, two days’ whiskers scraping his skin

He’d been such a jerk

“I know I’m sorry,” he told her Whatever happened between theoodbye—he owed her that “I figured it out the day after you ran away”

“I didn’t run away,” she snapped, hurt clearing fro And if you knew, then why didn’t you do anything? Why’d you wait a month to find me?”

“You think I haven’t been trying?” This was it This as going to push hie “I was on duty, whicha woh I called the casino I talked to your brother Hell, I even went by your old apartment”

She got to her feet, tucking her fingers into the front pockets of her jeans while she frowned

“You went to Reno?”

“Yesterday”

“That’s why you’re late for the wedding?”

“For the fourth ti isn’t until Saturday I’round out

“So why’d you go looking for me?” she asked

“Why don’t you tell me why you’re in my house?” he shot back

“You first” When Doed “I was back east, but I figured we had sos to settle between us And Lucas had invited ood a time as any to settle them”