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Nikki wasn’t supposed to be getting anyled up in this man than she already was

She wasn’t supposed to be getting anyled up in this situation than she already was Jude orking the legal aspect to extract her and keep her out of a federal prison for treason if Damen’s superiors didn’t consider her a non-threat to homeland or international security She had a lot on the line

So as she still standing here, half-naked, gazing at this gorgeous half-nakedthey should do aith the “halfs?”

He see similar, because his rich, inti ourselves any favors”

He didn’t even have to elaborate She knehat he referred

“I guess you can’t help who you’re attracted to”

She’d been skirting that reality this entire ti before Damen had come out of his coma, she’d been captivated by hero “Nico” She knew better than to get involved with so life and limb to save others

That was not the sort of ain

But… No That was a complete mistruth

That was the only kind of man she could invite into her life

And yet…all the shattered pieces of her soul told her to avoid his kind

Clearly, she was a net to that sort of steel

What the hell?

Like she neededaway at her psyche

Her eyelids drifted closed