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“What can I say?” She gave a halfhearted shrug “No one’s perfect, certainly not me”

“Now that I don’t agree with You are Cora, and there is nothingit so her gaze was level with his “I love you”

“I never doubted you did—I only doubted that you’d accept it” Her eyes shined with tears at his latter adht—I’reat”

He laughed, inclining his head in agree her sass meant so ood unless she had him, exactly as he had felt these weeks without her

Now that he’d co, but it held a world ofto a Dom His subain

While it pleased hi of this, he couldn’t misread her anymore

“For how you left ave under o over this well”

She s the right things You’re touching h the air between them as she added, “I love you, Aidan Yes, these weeks have been hell and horrible, but I’ bad This … you… it makes me happy It’s what I wanted It’s as simple as that”

He could listen and observe her for hours, and he would adht he took his second chance at love and he wouldn’t look back He arched an arched eyebrow and sh, didn’t it?”

Cora winked “A bit” She sat back on her legs, looking at the picture of Lily in her lap Her brows drew together as she slid her finger over the photo Then she lifted her head, regarding him intensely “What do you plan to do with all this?”

Good question Easy answer “I plan to get rid of it”

Cora’s eyes narrowed before she stood with the picture frame in her hands With sure and steady steps, she approached the fireplace next to Aidan and placed the picture on the mantel When she turned to hiet her, Aidan”

Without thought he stood and gathered her in his arainst him and he squeezed his arned She rested her head against his chest “If I was jealous of her, you’d have to be jealous of Porter”

How could Aidan hold any jealousy of her relationship with Porter? Hell, Porter and Kyler had been her lifeline while Aidan got his head on straight They had kept his plans a secret all because he asked them to But they had also taken care of Cora until Aidan was ready to step in and claied to him

How could he come between friendships like that?