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“That fucker that used you should have given you so to remember”

She snorted “He did He re”

“All men?”

“Sorry,so all around her Her usual style was up in a ponytail She didn’t have time to look sexy or beautiful

It felt weird and yet kind of nice at the same time to be this woman To be someone new, someone different

He took her hand; his was so er “Relax”

“I’m relaxed”

“You’re tensed up You’re fidgeting I have no other agenda right now than enjoying this meal with you”

“Drago, you could be with anyone There are so many different people you could have Why me? I’m just me”

“And I told you, I care about you, Belle This is not about getting into your pants or trying toI want other than the pleasure of your co else”

She felt tears sting her eyes, hating that she was once again this insecure idiot who couldn’t seeet her emotions under control

“I’m sorry”

“You don’t need to apologize I already figured that I had a lot to do toIt sucks that even when you thought you found love he turned out to be a giant asshole”

“That’s not your fault You’re not an asshole”

“That I know, but it’s what you’ve been through”

“You went through it, too” Even as she tried to ignore the flash of ht The pain The screa her to train harder Taking away any kind of food he felt would put her on the wrong path

When she was thirteen years old, she aiting for her father to be done in so He’d thrown so to eat She reest one they had on the menu that totaled three beef patties that was s the entire thing to herself

She’d felt like a fucking queen, and she’d lied when he asked her what she had to eat that night She told hi

He wasn’t going to take that memory away from her