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“Even if you couldn’t voice it, I’lad you could at least shohat you needed”

“I missed this so much, Sir”

“And that surprised you? Maybe confused you? Ortoo dependent on me?”

She thought that over for a moment “All three?”

He nodded “I’ and I want an honest answer Are you ashamed of your needs? Or perhaps embarrassed by them?”

She frowned “What? No, Sir”

“I want the truth, not what you think I want to hear,” he told her “I know this is all new to you”

“Yes, it’s new to led for the words Why was it so damn hard to open up? She let out a deep breath “Sometimes I still feel a little confused by all this But I’m not ashamed or embarrassed of my needs”

“Or of our relationship?”

What? She stared up at him in surprise “I’m not ashamed of our relationship, Sir”

Why would he say that?

“You have the boys to think of Do you believe I can be a good father to the who I am?”

“Joel, look atprotocol, but this was so irab his face between her hands “I love you so much”

The uncertainty that flashed in his eyes was a shock She was used to hi confidence was a rock to her But this flash of vulnerability was so

“I aether”