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She blew out a long breath and whispered “And then we had sex”

“Fucking hell”

“More than once”

Maverick sat up straight “Are you guys back together?”

She shook her head, eyes on her fingers as she twisted a napkin between the to happen”

“That doesn’tI’ve never uys Why don’t you just see if you can work things out? I know so bad went doay back when, but baby, life is short None of us knohen our last onna be That’s why you need to fix this Live every mouy you love because if you don’t, what the hell is the point?”

If only she could

“I can’t,” she whispered

Maverick pulled her into his arms, and it was all Donovan could do to keep herself fro like a baby

“You can’t tell anyone, not even Cooper He’s the last person on this planet who can know If he found out…” She exhaled shakily “God I should have just kept my mouth shut”

She didn’t have to see Rick’s face to knoas scowling so fierce “What the hell does ?”

She thought of Cooper’s threat “Everything,” she whispered “Rick, promise you won’t say a word about s you don’t know and…Jack would never forgive me”

Maverick’s eyes glittered in the dark, his handsory “You still love him”

This was Rick She couldn’t lie

“Yes”