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As a Dom, he wanted to stake his claim on her As a man, he needed to think before he acted He couldn’t make any more mistakes Questions needed to be an answered

Was he good for Cora?

Could he give her all of himself?

Was he able to face love and not fear it could be taken away?

Could he be that vulnerable again?

After a longto do?”

Aidan rubbed his te in his mind, only one stood out as lanced to Kyler, who nodded in understanding, and Aidan added, “And I need to forgive myself”

Chapter Twenty-five

Wake up Work Go to sleep And repeat

Cora rolled her eyes at the sad atteet over Aidan She had loved him for two years That couldn’t be undone in the teeks since she’d last seen him, no matter how hard she tried

She hadn’t asked anyone about Aidan, and no one had offered up any news As eon, she thought it best she stayed far away fro that he played with other sub her best to look at the bright side in her current hell

One promise she had made to herself was if Aidan’s pain ever affected her in ways she couldn’t handle, she’d walk away While she intended to keep that pro it was for the best, she couldn’t have anticipated how hard that would be

Her heart bled that Aidan couldn’t see past his pain That he couldn’t get over the hurt in his life to be happy with her But she wouldn’t bare his pain at her expense any longer, no matter how much it hurt to walk away from him

Cora was bound to face a shitty tireat ones

She’d given herself one week to engage in self-pity Then she’d picked herself up and gone to the spa A new flirty haircut with long layers, manicure, pedicure, and skin treatain