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At her expression, his heart ached a bit He didn’t know her full story, but he knew she’d lived a life of modern day slavery for most of her twenties

“I don’t know I just felt comfortable with you”

“And what Lefty’s an asshole?”

“No I like hiht of you as anything but a package deal”

“Maybe you should start” Demon inclined his head “Look, I caot enough on her plate and if I see anything else, your ass is out of the house Hell, you’ll be lucky if she lets you stay This shit is her domain She’s the one who holds it down here I have to respect her wishes”

“God, how can you just…?” She snorted and took a long drag off her cigarette

“Just what?” He raised an eyebrow

“Surrender your emotions like that?”

“I didn’t I gave theht you know and no a If you resist, you only risk losing the one person you actually want to be close to You ht want to think about that”

“What the fuck are you looking atsay?”

“I don’t think it needs to be said”

“Listen, Jonah” She sneered “Don’t go reading into shit, because you found your boo thing”

He stepped closer and gripped her wrist, hard

She dropped her cigarette and whimpered

“Don’t you ever call me that”