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“I know that!” Sadness, anger, and disappointment in herself all formed a lump in her throat that threatened to choke her “I’m not stupid”

“You’re not But you’re too fucking stubborn for your own good Do you like being this e it, and you’re the only one who can”

Raine bit her lip, despair rolling over her How did she change herself? “I know”

Ham apart Don’t think for one second that Liam can’t, too”

“Rooting for your rival?” She swiped at her leaking eyes “Things were easier when you thought of me as your sister”

“I hts of my sister, precious”

She felt a flush crawl up her cheeks as heat burst through her body It ratified her to know that Hammer wasn’t any more immune to her than she was to him

“I know I’ to you like this since you wear Liam’s collar So instead, consider this so so damn afraid to share yourself If you won’t be honest with Lia his time”

This tu, coet off the“I need him”

Pain flashed in Hammer’s eyes “Then you have a decision to make”

“That’s what Liaed ame so hard toward him because you still think you’re bad for me?”

He hesitated “I’ve seen a change in you AsHe reached you in a way I hadn’t Obviously not deep enough yet”

She laughed bitterly “We both know he’ll give up before then, if he hasn’t already I’to make much difference”

“If you go through life scared that the other shoe is going to drop, you’re going to s”