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So

So

Cole Hart with the insidious sense of foreboding Over the last seven radually, subtly, but with detrimental effects

Dread was eating him alive

He sat on the floor in the armory of his safe house, his back to the wall, knees bent, and stomach clenched in knots Down the hall, his beautiful, free-spirited dancer was likely practicing her choreographic sequences of the biggest production in the history of wedding dances

For as long as he’d known Danni, she’d fantasized about her wedding dance

Not the dress

The dance

Hers and his Their first dance as Mr and Mrs Hartman

Over the past fewwas her thing, not his, but he didn’t ainst her hot little body would never be a hardship He fucking loved her So goddamn much it hurt

But so

Four years ago, he’d left her to conether for ten one He didn’t know that year would turn into several more

Without her knowledge, he’d left her under the protection of his best friend, Trace Savoy In doing so, he’d inadvertently fucked his fate and shoved his entire world into Trace’s arms

After botching theDanni to his best friend, and finally, finally winning her back, he’d crawled out of hell, alive and victorious

He’d chosen his job over her, and in the end, she chose him over all else

His decisions had destroyed her life, and in return, she gave hiain

The shattered pieces of his ether He didn’t deserve her, but when he’d returned froiveness

He’d fought countless battles through his clandestine career, but seven o, he won the only war that mattered

He won back his dancer

Fair and square

She let Trace go