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“I’ll have to see how this goes I’ery If that’s the case, I’ll be back tonight, really late”

Then he was gone He was asleep on the sofa when she woke the next

Raine whipped up some pancakes and set them in the oven with crisp bacon and a note Then she slipped out to explore the building Sure enough, the swanky place had snazzy fitness equiphts and cardio helped clear her mind a bit more, and she returned to find dirty plates in the sink and the word Thanks! at the bottoone

She wandered around the little apartment, but she’d already seen it all and exhausted the available es and house hunting didn’t hold her interest

Pal her phone, Raine stared at the little device, but like last ti calls, she tucked her mobile away It wouldn’t be fair to Liam if she called just to hear his voice when she didn’t have any answers to give hiruff fa to offer him, either

Raine whiled away the day on the balcony, just thinking How did she learn to open herself up to the people she loved, especially if those people were at one another’s throats? How did she go back to Shadoithout tearing everyone apart even more?

Beck dragged in about eight o’clock She’d been about to open a can of soup, but he took it froaritas Now”

Who was she to argue with that?

“I know a great place” She smiled

“Perfect” He handed her the keys “You drive I’ exhausted”

Wow, the control freak was going to let her drive his ridiculously expensive convertible? She grinned “You’re on”

Fifteen es and had ordered enchiladas

Beck sighed “Ah, chips and booze revived me”

“You’re such a man”

“I’m also a Dom So here’s the portion of the day where I ask you to tellto do next?”

“I gave that a lot of thought while you were gone”

“Only because you didn’t want to watch Raain I know it”

Her life was upside down, and Beck still le “Okay, that’s kind of true”

He winked at her “So, cough it up, princess I love having you crash with et addicted to the food really fast But I’ in and out at two am, and that couch made my back hurt like a bitch”

Beck deflected the importance with humor, as he often did But he was also dead-on