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"I know I fucked up, Savannah. I know I’ll fuck up again. You can’t leave every time I do that."
"I didn’t leave," I snapped. "I chose not to argue with you. I chose to get some space. I chose not to hang out with your family today. I chose to come to people who know where someone inmyfamilymight have gone underground.
"I’m your wife. You’re my husband. We have similar concerns, but that doesn’t mean my priorities are your priorities and vice versa.
"I didn’t leave. I retreated. I’d have said stupid shit to you in haste that would have prolonged the antagonism between us.
"I know myself too well, Aidan, not to react accordingly. You fucked up. You could have ruined my credibility by giving me false intel—"
"I needed to know that I could trust you."
I scoffed, “Me not publishing that information proved you can?”
"No. I’ve always trusted you on a personal level, Savannah. Even when I shouldn’t have. Even when I didn’t know you.
"If you were anyone else, after how you uncovered that Uncle Paddy faked his own death, I’d have had you killed," he rasped. "But I didn’t. I protected you. I watched over you. I killed to keep you safe, and I made sure that your enemies paid with their lives—"
A shudder whispered down my spine.
"I’ve always trusted you when I shouldn’t. But business is different. Business is dangerous. I was short-sighted and didn’t realize that I already blurred those lines with you.
"My family is business.Weare business. That’s why I told you last night, Savannah. I wanted this bullshit out of the way. I didn’t want it to fester overlong like it did with Finn and Aoife." He released a deep sigh. "I really am sorry, little one."
I pursed my lips at him, but Conor's words resonated in my head.
He'd come for me.
He was here for me.
"If you want a steak, get Lily to make it for you."
Hope flashed into being in his eyes.
He wasn't to know that Lily could burn hot water.
Forgivenesscouldtaste like charred beef…
