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“You got it,” he said with a nod “She’s good for you, you know? Puts you off your game a bit—makes you human”

“Yeah, I know,” I mumbled as I left him “See you in a bit”

I waved at Poet as he came in the front door, but I didn’t slon as I et back there fast enough I had a feeling that it wouldn’t be long before everyone was ready to eat, and I wasn’t going to get any sleep, but I craved the feeling of being wrapped up under the covers with Cec If FAM didn’t get back to Wilson by the end of the day, shit was going to get messy tomorrow, and I needed the calm before the storm

“Hey,” Cecilia whispered groggily as I entered the roo my belt “Is it already time to eat?”

“No,” I whispered back, stripping out of ht I’d come lay with you for a bit”

“Oh, okay,” she said with a sleepy smile over her shoulder “Hopefully, it takes them a while”

“We have at least half an hour,” I replied as I slid in behind her “Go back to sleep”

She relaxed into me as I wrapped around her waist, but stayed awake Eventually, she sighed

“I can’t wait for all of this to be over,” she breathed, her voice so low I barely heard her

“I know,” I replied kissing the back of her head “Soon, baby”

“Do you really think Cane was using et at the club?” she asked

I thought about it before I answered I wasn’t going to lie to her, but I also didn’t want to make the whole situation even worse than it already was Cecilia carried uilt than anyone I’d everto do with her—I wasn’t going to add to that unnecessarily

“I think that he saw an opportunity and took it,” I said finally “I don’t think he was using you to get to the club Honestly, from what you’ve said about hiured the club was insurance to make sure you didn’t screw them over”

“I wouldn’t have,” she said thickly “I wouldn’t have agreed to carry Olive for theave up an entire year of my life to help them”

“I know you did,” I said, tightening my arm around her waist “But men like that—especially rich ones—see enemies everywhere, even if they look like friends”

“I wonder if Liv knew”

“I doubt it,” I replied I guess I was going to lie I would’ve bet my left nut that her friend had known exactly what her husband was up to She’d just been so desperate for a baby that she’d fed into the illusion that they had to have leverage on Cecilia to keep her honest