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Dalass Waited for her to do the sa his ti them some time

She was agitated and confused, and he ise enough—coive her wide berth To not crowd her, not press her

And to very particularly not state soue

Such as the fact that she had to have known all along, the way he had, that the hijacking of her computer could lead to the corruption of her personal data

He didn’t believe the suspicion, the regret, he’d expressed was a newsflash to her

Chances were good, however, she’d been in denial this whole ti for the best Resistant to conte any other outcome

She’d confessed to working with desired results in her profession, so it was entirely possible she’d mentally contended what her desired result hen it came to her laptop—that it’d remain fully intact And she’d not allowed any other alternate ending to enter her mind

The power of suggestion

This concept aggravated hi under, then he’d just shot to hell her positive affirmation

Planted doubt in her mind

Tainted her optimistic view

“Goddamn it,” he murmured as he twisted the cap back on the whisky bottle

“What?” she asked, cautiously “So to further hurl me off my axis?”

He caught the edginess in her voice It was full-on warranted