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She nibbled on her lower lip “I’”

That was exactly how they’d ry at was Mace He was an asshole Didn’t give a shit about anyone Nothing was ever his fault And he blamed my mother for how he’d cheated on her He even i; said she should have understood that sometimes a man just couldn’t help himself”

Maya’s lips flattened “You’re right, he was an asshole”

“I hated hi her away In ht it fucked up that he’d ever claim he couldn’t control himself around a woman It was a cop-out, in ht out the fucking ”

She went very still “Ryder—”

“I couldn’t stay away froht I told ht turned into a fling, because I needed -ass trip, I was right back to square one—craving you, needing you, hating the fact that I now needed to cut Mace a fucking break”

Her lips parted “So all the tiry …”

“I was never angry at you, baby I was never angry that I wanted you I was pissed that either I was no better than hi human”

(Maya)

I really had not expected the conversation to head in this direction I’d thought we’d end up discussing the woured he’d give ht now, he was beingthat I hadn’t understood his ht I had

I cleared my throat “You said your father was like a ny with multiple wo ‘just hu like him”