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“This has been bothering ht”

He shoved a hand through his hair, further ically tousled locks Moiven second of the day, but when fury tore through hi features darkened and raw intensity exuded from him

“Tell ,” I said

“When did he deliver the laptop?”

“While ere at the retreat, after I had the baby Ethan brought the hard drive here, to Amano, who locked it in your safe Guess he didn’t mention it?”

“Amano? No He wouldn’t at the tiiven birth”

“Yeah, he was a bit worried—like how could a Bax be born prehwith my delivery Our child could have died That did not sit well in ut

“Ari Baby” Dane gaveon between the two of you?”

“The two of who?”

“You and Amano”

“I don’t follow”

“Did you freak out that youinto labor six weeks early and that’s why you told Amano not to call me?”

“I—” Had nothing to say to that

“Ari” He carefully gripped my shoulders “Did you really put all that pressure on yourself? Thinking if so that it’d be your fault?”

Tears prickled the backs of my eyes