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“I gave you just enough information to make you curious”

Tears start to stingwas by chance It was all a fucking game Piece by piece, he played me

He s, Blake” My heart sinks at his words “Matt turned you down for so long that I didn’t have to give youfor more”

The first tear runs downhis lip back with disgust “You’re not the only stupid one here, Blake,” he adds “I began to feel so for you” He snorts at that confession “Because you looked good in a fucking dress I thought, what is wrong with your wife loving you? That maybe we’d have a chance after all”

I hate that ht That he could actually love me That’s all I’ve ever wanted For soht he had, but it was part of his game

“Then you ran … and it reer tru else I had felt for the briefest of seconds”

Sing the luain “Ryat …?”

“Earlier in the showersoft on you, Blake Knohy?” He doesn’t let me answer “Because you cried Because anotherto protect you fro in love with you”

My heart hammers, and the blood rushes in my ears I don’t want his words to faze me, but they do “Ryat …”

“I’ve been taught since I was young that obedience is i o hand and hand I’ve watched Lords break their chosen ones or their Ladies to keep the soft”

“I’h the knot in my throat