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She closed her eyes ih ever since he’d found Betty dead It was toofor him

“You can’t blame yourself, Damian” She cupped his face “You’re not the one who made promises you couldn’t keep You were honest You can’t blame yourself for that”

“She’s dead because of me”

“No You were honest with her You gave her everything that you could, and there’s no shame in that This is not you, Damian You didn’t tell her to kill herself You didn’t expect anything like this You cannot blame yourself”

“How can you even look at me, Mia? I’m a monster”

“I’ve seen monsters, and I’ve been with ood person, Damian” She had known for some time exactly what the Denton family were They were the kind of people that monsters were afraid of, and yet, she had seen and heard so uys atched her talked often, and there were times she would sit and listen to them Obviously, they didn’t know she was close, or if they ever knew, she didn’t know either way “You’ve got a beautiful daughter I will always be your friend, Damian”

He stroked her cheek “You’re the woman, Mia”

“What?”

“The moment I saw you, I knew you were mine You’re rabbed the back of her head, pulling her down for his kiss She didn’t fight hiers into his hair, she took the kiss that she had been thinking about for soainst hers

Chapter Nine

Later that night when the tears were all gone Da her cheek They hadn’t fucked, or made love Instead, she had held hi his thu without a doubt that he was the luckiest man alive

“You love me?”

“More than anything you will ever know”

That made hioing to be sure to love her for the rest of his life

“I’ve never been loved before” She touched his hand, and smiled “I like you, Damian I don’t know if I love you, but I want to I want to be loved and to have everything I’ve seen your brothers have with their wo too much?”