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“Lia trouble believing it, stop I’ve known O’Neill a long ti theto him”

Their words hit her squarely in the chest Maybe they were right Liam and Ha to help her if they didn’t more than care

Raine released a shaky breath and closed her eyes Tears threatened “I don’t knohy they would love me I’ve made their lives really difficult Ha ht I’ve hidden I’ve lied”

“Stop beating yourself up” Seth took her hand “You’re doing the right thing now That’s what matters”

“I hope it’s not too little, too late Up until today, I was convinced that I’d destroyed their friendship But seeing theht words “That’s what their bond should be”

Seth nodded “You’re right”

“Couldn’t agree ed the shit out of me, especially since I think, deep down, they want the sa You should have seen the kitchen after Thanksgiving”

“I did What the hell was that?”

“Language” Seth raised a brow at her

Raine dropped her gaze “Sorry, Sir”

“I think that was the dishes is for pussies, and if Hammer hadn’t been so wrenched, I would have told hiht even before you ca, princess”

“Hammer told me not to take all the responsibility on my shoulders, but he never explained So—”

“You didn’t believe him,” Beck filled in

“No,” she admitted “But what I saw today… It stunned me Before noould have said it was iain But their actions together are so seamless One picks up where the other leaves off They’re so in tune, it’s like they can read each other’s minds They operate as if they’re two halves of a whole Like…they were born to be together in this way The guilt that I’ve so—”

“Stop there,” Seth de and their proble with both of them make you feel?”

“Centered for the first time in my life Secure Protected Happy” She shook her head, still looking for the right words to express herself “Don’t getEvery look, touch, and whisper haswith theive it up Juliet must have felt like the luckiest woman in the world”

“I don’t think so She had issues” Seth paused So bitter passed over his face “Hell, she was an issue”

“You didn’t like her?” That surprised Raine Harieve for years—in his way Liam…she wasn’t sure exactly how he’d felt about the woman