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“It’s okay to hurt, Lucien,” Cort continued cal you since Calder arrived, and I think you’ve been hurting al with all these emotions you don’t knohat do to with And all that pain coer It’s why you have been snapping endlessly at Calder It’s the only way you can deal with the pain you’ve associated with him”

“Whatever,” Lucien gruht be

“Except, when Gio came into the picture, all those other e confusing and wrong The pain went away and with it, the anger”

“Well, that’s all over now Gio rejected both of us”

“You’re hurting because you’re sure you’re going to lose what you’ve gained with Calder and what you found with Gio”

“He rejected us!” Lucien snapped “Do you knohat that feels like? To be rejected in front of your fa?”

Cort shook his head “No, not quite like that, but yeah, rejection sucks You have a right to feel hurt and betrayed by Gio Even as soain that he’s not interested in relationships and is an incurable playboy”

“Fuck off,” Lucien muttered without his earlier heat He paced away from Cort, his hands shoved in his pockets

“Sorry I shouldn’t have teased Baerinto one of your past conquests Since I fell for Grey, I think I’ve been looking forward to you finding yourjust as hard”

Lucien spun around to face Cort, holding his hands out to his sides “This is what you were looking forward to?”

“No, not this,” Cort corrected with a gentle s about the part where you look at the person who is the other part of your soul with the sappiest sive a daoo when your ” Cortnoise “Should have known you’d require two mates”

“Yeah, well, it doesn’t ht now I don’t have any,” Lucienhis hands up in the air

“You’ve still got Calder, unless you’re intent on fucking that up now”