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I knocked on the heavy wood of the closed stall door with my knuckles
“We’ll leave you two to talk” Mak, Avery, and Kara left The restroo only the muted music from outside and the silence in there with me and Liv
The toilet paper dispenser rattled, and her tru hit sharp notes in the s her eyes made me want to throw myself into the charred remains of her apartment
I tugged her into ainst ht she meant to pushmy body blanket her
“Seeht laugh, the kind that only co you can barely breathe
“I think you’re right” I brushed my hand down over her hair “I can’t tell you how sorry I am”
She stared up into o home”
It was her suggestion froerly accepted because then ould have avoided all this Instead I’d let her talkher out for once I’d opened her up to the laser-focused gaze of thousands of people without being on uard, and this hat had happened They’d seen the way her body shuddered and how she held on to me, the way I looked at her like I was ready to devour her
I took her hand in et out the back door exit to the club and into a taxi Their words of coainst my chest may as well have been a whip across my back She burrowed into ive her, like I hadn’t already exposed her to the world, like I hadn’t already exposed even more of her secrets
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I lifted my head and crackedsooner than I’d expected Being around the Kings, attention was never in short supply, but it had never been focused on ht it hadn’t been; it had been focused on Ford He’d been the target, and his hesitancy about exposing himself, his need to burrow deep inside made even more sense
For the rest of the guys, they thrived on the attention that ca and ah It sucked soed ere alone and cuddled up together Our flirting at the bar had felt so private, which was stupid, but Fish’s was like an extension of his house He felt safe there It was one of the few places he felt that way, and it had been taken from him—not just taken, but ripped from him
My eyes adjusted to the low light The warmth of the bed wasn’t coe of thethe sheets down, I leaned over and ran my hand over his back
He jurave expression on his face was like someone had died