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“No,” Aleks said softly, the heartbreak in his voice clear He pulled away fro for the door I reached hiet it open While Ronan had assured us the e that Aleks was off-limits, it still wasn’t completely safe for him to be out and about by hi the outside of the house, but I was still reluctant to let Aleks out of ht

Not toto do

“Aleks, wait,” I said as I pushed the door shut just as he tried to open it

He turned around Tears were streaking down his cheeks “I want you to choose me,” he whispered “I know that’s selfish and those kids need your help, but I still want you to choose me Maybe… maybe you can still do that kind of work but come home to me whenever you can I’ll take that, James It would be hard, but I could do it And you’d know you had soet really hard—”

“Aleks, I do”

“What?” he sputtered

“I do choose you I already have”

“What?” His voice cracked this time

“I was apologizing to you because things have been going a million miles a minute since we landed in Seattle and that first day we just crashed and slept and last night I wanted you to focus on you and Dante talking so I was going to tell you today—”

“Tell me what?” he cut in

“I talked to Ronan on the plane after everyone else fell asleep He told s I could do to help those kids without having to go back in He said he’s got men on the inside but what he really needs is souys that go in”

I wiped at Aleks’s tears “He offered me a job, Aleks And I accepted I’ll have to travel every now and then, but he says I can live anywhere… we can live anywhere”

“You’re staying?” Aleks whispered in disbelief

“I’”