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“I was surprised to hear you had a kid”

“Why? It happens to the best of us”

“Not to me,” he said

“You don’t have any children at all?”

“None I bag my shit up”

She flinched “He did, but it tore” Belle shrugged “There’s never any real protection other than to not have sex”

“I want to know uy”

“Drago, he was a no one We had a bit of fun, and he liked the idea of screwing a feis that?”

He wanted to tell her that he should have been her first, and Drago didn’t knohere the fuck that thought came from

“I think there’s more to this,” he said

She tilted her head and he saw she was hurt by his prying questions, but he didn’t care Let her be hurt Right now, so up, not to him

“Why do you have to think this is a big deal? I stayed in a place I kneas dangerous”

“But you haven’t fought in years, Belle You’re tellingstinks”

She chuckled, but it sounded forced, no real humor there at all “I don’t knohat you wantas I could rehter, but he knew a bit He had a life far away from it”

Leaning forward, Drago finished off his bourbon, and poured hilass “What proof do you have?”

Drago knew this was killing her Nothing could be done tonight He wanted to get her daughter backFirst, he needed to knohat the hell he was dealing with

So on with Belle, and he didn’t knohat

“What are you talking about? Why are you asking all these questions?”

“A guy out of the blue suddenly starts sniffing around you He’s asking you questions, telling you everything you need to hear, and you don’t once think that it’s odd?”

“I don’t understand What the hell are you getting at?”