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“How did you know?” she asked

“I’m not blind,” Liam said “Why?”

Raine took her tiripped Hahts and focused on Liaain

“I’d taken care of hi, I didn’t kno not to And, no offense…” She glanced at Ha back to Lia as I was cooking for us, it didn’t make sense to not ht of hi takeout all the ti”

“Thank you for being honest” Liaain, this ti her upper arms

“Did that make you mad?” she asked, apprehension evident in her voice “Because I never wanted to upset you It wasn’t meant to”

“What upsets htened the binding “You didn’t trust h to be honest”

Raine nodded like she understood co our last trip here, I beco thatfor Hammer wasn’t indicative of any disrespect or disloyalty to you I just didn’t kno to say it”

Lia as if he repressed a hundred different thoughts As if he wanted to wrap her up in his aro “You just did, love”

“And thank you for not lettinghis own rope around her opposite arm “Focus on the silk, precious Each is a line of trust between us Feel it on your skin, in your blood, deep down”

“I do,” she htened the knot

Hammer couldn’t miss the arousal in her voice, and fuck, it turned him on

“When did you first start thinking of Lia more than my friend?”

Raine’s eyes ide She pressed her lips together, then cut her gaze over to Liauess that she wasn’t keen on this question

He tugged on the rope across her biceps “Trust”

Nodding, she blew out a breath “When you first introduced us, I, u questions during our first few conversations He asked me about you Then he asked me about me I didn’t sayure out why exactly” She let out a breath, then grasped for her fortitude “TheMarlie stepped from your room—”