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She stared at the bag in his hands for several moments

“And then what?” she whispered

“Then you can go honant we’ll deal with it If not, well…” He shrugged but didn’t say anything more

She reached for the bag, and he let her take it, his heart now thudding heavily as she tossed it back onto the counter Her lips parted, her breathing beca he felt earlier was back That so He felt it settle between them Felt it settle inside him

Her eyes were lowered, the long lashes sweeping across her cheeks and throwing shadows Was she shaking?

“What if I don’t…” She blew out a long breath, eyes still averted “What if I don’t want to go home?” she whispered

That thing inside hi off a shot of adrenaline to every cell in his body He was hot, so darowled like an animal Eyes narrowed, he reached for her, a hand on her chin, forcing her to look up at him

“What are you saying exactly?” he asked carefully, wanting to get this right No s Not now

For a second, he thought she was going to bolt But then her hands slipped up over his forear hiering in the corners for a heartbeat

“I’o I’s, but most of all I’m sorry that I hurt you” She paused, eyes wide and shiny “I never wanted that Jack I was trying to protect you and it just went all wrong If I could go back and change things, I would But I can’t I can only change right now and right now I don’t want to be anywhere else other than here with you”

Jack was silent What the hell did he say to that? This was the last thing he’d expected to hear He’d thought about Donovan and their situation all day and the only scenario he’d considered was her taking the da

“Fuck,” hea step back “Jesus Christ, Donnie” He ran his hands through his hair, eyes on her He was pissed off, but he didn’t knohat the hell he was pissed off at Donovan for throwing a curveball just when he’d finally decided enough was enough, or hi the idea of Donovan Of the two of theether

How crazy was that?

“There are things that you don’t know,” she said softly, lower lip tres that I have to tell you and I will I promise I will but I just…”

“Just what?” he said darkly What the hell was she doing to him?