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“I tried, you stubborn fuck You weren’t listening” Haain and pinned her with a stare “Onestumps me, Raine I understand why you felt you couldn’t talk to Liam after he uncollared you Why didn’t you come to me?”

“And say what? I couldn’t ask you to fix my boo-boo, Macen I worried that if I went to see you that we’d…” She closed her eyes, looking tense and uncoth to say no Then you both would have thought I’d chased you down for revenge sex It’s even an ugly thought, and I didn’t want that”

“I half expected you to,” Liah to you that you didn’t like the thought of seducing him just to hurt me”

“I’ve never wanted to hurt you,” she swore, then sent a pleading stare Ha you wanted to hear was ht that without ht fix your friendship I didn’t want to be in the way anymore”

Hammer didn’t like it…but he understood her point

“Look at me” He didn’t say another word until she did “Noin your life, Raine, if you need anything, I alant you to come to me”

“But you couldn’t fix it, Sir No one could” She sent a re”

“You have no idea what I’ine that I couldn’t have helped You didn’t givechance”

“You really didn’t give me one, either You just left, even after I told you not to run away,” Liam pointed out “Did you not believe orry about you?”

“I thought you ht,” she confessed softly

“Might?” Hammer barked

“That’s why I went to Beck I told him to let you two know that I was okay”

“And you thought Beck should be your lared her way “Did you honestly think ouldn’t be frantic to find you? Bloody hell, ere out of our heads”

“I know” She griain “I saw you I was in Beck’s car, and you tere running into the hospital”

Haht like hell not to lose hisus down?”