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“He can’t even talk and he told me to leave He told me he doesn’t wantLike everything she had ever loved had just been taken away fro so hard it was a wonder she didn’t break apart “I kept telling him how ridiculous that is I’o How can words hurt so much when they aren’t even spoken?”
Titus swore and then set her away from him so he could put his hands on her shoulders “You look like hell He can see howabout it It’s no different froot shot and he refused to see you He’s trying to keep you fro with him Have one of these officers take you ho to eat and then co to tell you He wants you here He needs you here and you both know it”
She blinked her watery eyes and took a deep breath “He almost died, Titus, and the person that almost killed him is his brother!”
I saw Titus dip his head in acknowledgment “I know But he didn’t die and that’s what matters, okay? As for Roark, just because they share half of the same blood doesn’t make them brothers You leave him to me”
She squeezed her eyes shut and then visibly collected herself When she opened her eyes back up they were dry and there was no longer a tremble in her lips “Okay”
The big cop bent forward and placed a tender kiss on the center of her forehead and it alood with his own They were unbelievably lucky to have hirin and moved around her to reach for the door “Maybe he’s just cranky since he can’t shtmare”
Dovie rallied enough to smile back at him “Maybe it’ll force him to quit”
Titus chuckled and told her drily as he disappeared into the darkened room, “I wouldn’t count on it”
Once the big one froht to hateDovie, just looked at me with a contemplative expression on her face as she took a step toward me
“You need to be good to hi on between the two of you, but I’ht now if you hurt him, betray him in any way, you won’t have to worry about the boys You’ll have to worry about me”
A chill raced upit out there as a state to uy like Bax or survive in this life successfully without knowing how to get down and dirty
I gulped a little bit and shifted uneasily from foot to foot “He needs soive himself to everyone else”
She lifted a coppery eyebrow atto care for hiuy that killed my dad and just tried to kill my man? Did you care for him too?”