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“You’re safe, Tulip You won’t ever have to worry about the pain of losing me You don’t feel this like I do”

“But that’s the point, right? I don’t feel it now but it doesn’t mean I won’t ever feel it What if you succeed and I fall in love with you? I don’t think it will happen I’m a hard person to love and I don’t love easily, but I know the way the world works It’s cruel and evil If there’s a chance I fall in love with you and you’re lost to ot to be able to deal If I lose you because I never learned to fight, how aotten this second chance with et a second chance and you’ll leave me out in the cold, miserable and all alone, because you refused to train me That’s not fair, not even a little bit”

He sighed “You ument”

“Landon, you’re not talking to a child here I’ stupid Let me help”

All he wanted to do was protect her, to prove he could, but she was right He couldn’t allow his pride to get in the way or influence this decision He had to take steps, drastic steps to keep her safe Even as he wanted to deny her request, it was stupid of him to do so

“I’ll train you but I want so out of the deal,” he said

“I knew I shouldn’t be happy about this” She shrugged “Fine What is it you want?”

“You”

“You have me, Landon”

“No, I

want all of you When we move on, you’ll shareto le way that counts and matters” He wanted to be inside her, to clai in love with him

“You want to sleep with me”

“I was goingelse”

She licked her lips, and he wanted them wrapped around his dick He wanted to taste her as well To hear his na from her lips

“And if I say no?”