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“Because it worked,” she replied

“Did it?” His brows rose “Seems to me it didn’t work at all”

Cora absorbed his words, and she couldn’t refuse the statenored emotions when ed her, and not for the better Though she believed sometimes a person didn’t have a choice “Okay, fine, but the talking bit is difficult”

“Being honest with yourself isn’t easy? Telling Aidan how you feel is hard?” Porter shook his head, cursing silently “Cora, this isn’tany sense”

She ran her fingers under the cozy blanket, ad truth “I wish I had you”

Porter gave steady eye contact “You do, always”

“No,” she retorted, unsure of how to get this out right “I wish I had what you madewith you”

His gaze blazed “Is that what has happened here, you don’t feel safe?”

A tear slid down her cheek, which she hurried to swipe away “No, I don’t”

“Excuse me?”

Cora jerked her head to Master Kyler looeon at his back looked pitch black, but the light frohted his frown “I—”

“I wanted to stay out of this,” he interjected in a tight voice, “but this has becoid “You don’t feel safe?”

If this could get any worse, it just fucking had

Great Not only did she insult one Club Sin Master tonight, she’d insulted two of the into the couch “No, it’s not that”

“Don’t lie,” Porter growled