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“You just—” Matt looked over at Mack “Uh, okay I’ll hold down the fort”

I walked to the end of the bar and slipped through the opening where the counter was on a hinge, barelyit two steps before Mack was in front of me, his hand held out, palm up I met his eyes as I laid ers with mine

“Co me out the front door He didn’t slow until we’d rounded the building and stood in the dark alley along the side

“What are we doing?” I asked, keeping ht he’d kissed h I’d seen and touched every inch of his body, my stoainst the wall

“Can’t do this anymore,” he said “I don’t wanna live a life without you in it” He dropped his forehead against ers through ht have you lost? You’re so fuckin’ skinny, baby What the fuck?”

His fingers tightened “We gotta figure this out”

“We already did,” I replied sadly It was hard to remember all of the reasons we didn’t hen he was so close I could almost taste him

“We don’t have to decide anythin’ now,” he said roughly, his thuot time, baby”

“I’ his cut in my fists “I want a family, Mack I’ve alanted one”

“I get it,” he replied “So lets see where this goes”

“What are you saying?”

Mack let out a huff of breath “That I’ll do whatever it takes,” he said with a shrug “You want ’eive ’em to you”

“I don’t want you to agree with round out,“I want you to want to h that you don’t have any reservations letting me help raise Kara”

“I couldn’t keep you fro in my hair “You think I don’t know you’re seein’ her still?”

“I wasn’t trying to go behind your back—”

Mack let out a deep chuckle “Baby, you think I care about that? Shit, you kno stupid I felt when I found out you were still goin’ to hang with her after all that shit I said when you left?”

“I just wanted her to know that I hadn’t abandoned her,” I whispered, ree to do with her”

“Jesus, I love you,” he breathed He tipped his head down to kiss me, but he never made contact

Everything inside me went still when I looked behind him

We hadn’t noticed the men who’d followed us out of the bar