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No shit, Jack thought

“And while you’re at it, try not to forget that Cooper has his black belt I’d hate to see that pretty face of yours ruined”

Jack sped into the night, his anger barely in check and his thoughts all over the place He had no idea if he was going to acco, because even the thought of doing so about Donovan

Because Donovan was co And as hard as that was, he loved her He fucking loved her But then hadn’t he always?

The problem was that he didn’t knohat to do about it The pain of her betrayal was still too raw and though he knew he’d find his way back to her, he didn’t kno ht

He loved her That was a given This situation was going to take soiven

He just hoped she illing to give him the time he needed

Jack landed in Maine at close tofrom a severe lack of focus He punched the address Maverick had given him into the GPS of his rental, and as he pulled out of the airport, he had to ask hi crazy?

“Let’s hope not,” he muttered

Jonathan Grier, had called hiht, and he knew that his political can was intact His publicist had also‘no comment’, and for now the storm was at bay

He needed to make sure it never reached land

He drove for nearly an hour, out along the coast, and when he finally found the address he was looking for, Jack pulled into the long driveway, blinking away his fatigue When was the last time he’d slept?

The driveas nothing ravel littered with potholes After the fourth tih bea each side that blew shadows across his windshield Big drops of rain started to fall, and Jack peered into the distance, spotting a light aloom

He passed a barn on the right—one that had seen better days—and a large house rose out of the darkness, illu else