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She looked up at me with tears in her eyes, and I asked her just one question, “Why?”

“Because Jayce doesn’t want children,” she whispered, and it took everything within me not to kick her in the face while she was down “He insisted”

Instead, I turned toward the door but before I left, I turned to her and told her with deadly ain… if either of you cross et”

I stormed out of her house I didn’t know if she believedThey were eo down for murder Instead, I’d just have to deal with the pain and move on

Kynan was there for me My closest friend He helped pick up the pieces after I went for weeks on a drunken bender He’d bailedin several bar fights He watched as I fucked wo one up in a bar and just doing her up against a wall outside without even seeing if she et or not He helped h it and when I was ready to move on, he was by my side at The Jameson Group He’s been there the entire time, as well as spent some quality time here at The Wicked Horse, and there’s no one’s advice I trust more

Except when it comes to this issue with Trista I’ve not seen Jayce since the day I caught hi an opportunity to cause him pain—even if it’s nowhere near the same type—is just too much for me to pass up

Kynan stands up from the chair and shoves his hands in his pocket “I’ at you”

“Then you understand why I’ it,” I mutter

“Yeah,” he says The tone of his voice iainst this idea, but Kynan will always have my back “Don’t like it, but I understand it”

We’re silent for a uilt-laden look “I don’t like it either, buddy But I have to do it”

“Then I’ll see you to,” he says as he heads for the door When he reaches it, he turns back “Any hard limits?”

“No anal,” I say distractedly Trista’s not ready for that “Frankly… it’s whatever she wants”

“You rin, and I feel the burden weighingto co to knohat hit her Ito her, but I also intend to give her pleasure like she’s never known

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