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“I’ve never hated you,” she said, giving hiry with him and the decision he’d made to cut her out of his life, and so hurt by his rejection she’d cried herself to sleep for months Her heart and eainst Collin

“Raevynn, we should go,” Glen said, interrupting them

She didn’t want to gonot with Glen and not to her hotel rooe She pulled back and looked into Collin’s eyes, and the regret she saw shi inside her that still belonged to hio, but in this moment, he felt like the lifeline she desperately needed in a world filled with chaos After spending so many years under Joyce’s authoritative thu dictated by her , ambitious nature, she needed an escape A respite fro in on her She needed calm and peace, and Collin Donovan always been that harbor for her

She knew her decision was an ih to act on her reckless request, because if she didn’t, she’d look back on this rets

Sing hard, shehim with her eyes “Collin, I need you to take me away from here, please,” she said in a voice that was low and remained between the two of them so her security detail couldn’t hear her plea

His dark brows furrowed into a confused frown, one that would have h under different circumstances “Take you away?” he repeated, co

She bit her botto Collin to pretty much whisk her away froh she was just existing in, but now that she’d acted on the idea, she was all in “Take me away from all this From my crazy life”

The corner of his mouth quirked with an amused smile “Where do you want me to take you?”

“Take htly clutched the lapels of his tuxedo jacket “I really don’t care where” And she meant it

“Are you okay?” he uards before returning to her “Are you in some kind of trouble and need help?”

She shook her head, causing her long hair to swish and slide along her back “No, I just need to get away for a little while And I trust you Please”

He searched her face, as if seekingthat reassured hiht before he answered her

“Okay,” he agreed, and clasped her hand in his

Raevynn turned back toward Glen, atching the two of thehtened her shoulders and lifted her chin as she approached her personal bodyguard

“I’ with Collin,” she told him