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With Cain, I knew in ut that every time he spoke to me, every tie that Theto fall for was the man I’d be completely in love with next week, nextin my life

But as badly as I wanted to give myself permission to feel that for him, I knew I couldn’t Because if I felt it, I’d tell hiical dae his father’s brutal attack had done to him stood between us like a brick wall I could reach Cain through the tiny cracks, but it would takedown

Was I up to the task?

Absolutely

If he would let me

“I’ll stop in here and grab us sohts enough to see hirocery store

“Okay,” I said as he parked the car

“I’ll be able to see the car fro “Lock the doors If you see anything suspicious, you take the keys and go,” he ordered softly “Drive back to Vincent’s and I’ll meet you there”

I nodded I knew he’d rather have nize my face “I’ll be fine,” I said when he hesitated

He nodded crisply and then he leaned over and kissedwho saw us “Lock this,” he reminded me and as soon as he closed the door, I locked the car

The ma

He’d been betrayed in the cruelest of ways and by the two people he should have been able to trust above all others, yet he’d stillto others what had been denied to him

I shookfunny about the situation I was kidding myself to think I wasn’t already in love with thethere was no way it was possible, that I hadn’t known hih about hi to pretend to feel so that very sa to convince h in my heart I’d known I hadn’t