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I don’t knohat I’ This wasn’t supposed to happen Mallory should be staying in this bed alone, and I should be on the couch below Those are the shoulds that should have happened during our time here Instead, I’ve now made all of this very complicated

I’ve never been led by ot me wrapped up She’s sexy in ways I don’t seeainst I could have said no, of course, but I wouldn’t have She’s too te It’s an incredibly rare combination I like how she melts when I touch her I want to watch her explode around

ain, all because I can take her there

While I listen to her soft sleepy breaths, I can only hope she means what she says And that what happens here won’t affect us at home Because I don’t even want to think of what Aria will do to me when she finds out I slept with her best friend I care what Aria thinks We’re close, I respect her I don’t want to be hurting anyone

Now thinking of Aria, I slide out of bed, intending to let Mallory sleep in since we don’t have to be back inland for another couple of hours I quietly grab a pair of sports shorts off the floor then head down the ladder,into the kitchen There, I quickly make some coffee and then reach for ht

Once I turn it on, as I expected, I find a single text

You hurt her, I’ll never forgive you

The text fro I want to do is hurt Mallory I never wanted to hurt her I planned to bring her here, give her a few days of relaxing and peace, all to piss off Lia?

I click on my email, and notice an email from a lawyer in my firm who handled the Bakker Pharmaceuticals deal We lost the deal on Monday to Lia for me to come home I open the email and it reads, Call me

Donny has never been one for long-winded eainst the kitchen counter and click on the phone app, calling the office When Keller LLC’s receptionist answers, I say, “Belinda, this is Jackson, could you transfer me to Donny?”

“Yes, sir, right away,” Belinda replies

A second later, Donny’s voices comes over the phone line “Ah, he lives”

I chuckle “I do”

A sudden creak hasdown the ladder in the nude When her feet hit the ground, she turns and when her eyes hten in an instant when she slowly lowers to her knees and begins to craard me

“I’ood news,” Donny says