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He reached over and grabbed her hand “I didn’t want an out”

Huh? Either theno sense

“I just thought I did”

“U”

“You’re not the only one I’ is, I never wanted to get seriously involved with anyone else Not afternot after Sarah”

“Sarah?” she asked quietly This was the first time he’d really opened up about his past

“Sarah was my wife”

She stared at hi a wife before Sure, there were things he hadn’t known about her But he’d had a wife?

He nodded “Yeah, I was keeping things frooing to try and be the bigger person and not dwell on that For now

“She was also the sub I shared with James”

“You shared your ith James?”

Holy frog’s legs There were people at the club ere involved in e relationships Roarke, Ava, and Saainst theine Sloan sharing his ith another man

He sh there wasn’t much humor on his face “Hard to believe, huh? That I could share? But Ja time I don’t know if he’s told you much about his life—”

“No, not a lot” I didn’t have a mother

“His parents died when he was a baby He was raised, and I use that terreat-uncle A rich old bastard who had no use for a kid So, he sent Ja school as soon as he could That’s where we ot sent away to school My o to boarding school Don’t knohy It was shit A lot of bullying went on between the students I was big for e even then, so everyone steered clear of ot picked on a lot”