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“I don’t want you to quit.” His admission hangs between us.
“Why? Because it would suck to find a replacement?”
“No one can replace you.”
Who knew one statement could do a whole lot of damage to my heart? It beats harder as if it wants to respond for me. “I can’t do this anymore.”
He sighs. “I know.”
“I deserve better.”
“That was never a doubt.”
I tilt my head. “I’m not happy.”
His reply doesn’t come instantly like the others. The silence eats away at my calm façade, and I find my fingers tapping against my thighs in a nervous pattern.
“It was wrong of me to make you work on your day off.”
I deflect with humor, hoping to ease the tight ball forming in my chest. “Yeah. You’re right. It was a total dick move.”
The moonlight highlights his small smile, making the whites of his teeth stand out. “You have such a foul mouth.”
“Is it just me or do you seem to have an unhealthy obsession with my mouth lately?”
“Who says it’s unhealthy?”
Oh. My. Lord. Either Declan is flirting with me or I was murdered by a wild animal and have officially ascended into heaven.
Or hell. Depends on how you look at it.
My toes curl inside of my boots before I have a chance to squash the warmth pooling in my belly.
What has gotten into you? Toes curling? Next thing you know, you’ll be swapping out your abstinence card for a healthy dose of Declan’s dick.
Stop thinking about his dick!
I clear my throat. “It’s fine. All is forgiven.” I’ll say just about anything to make him go away. There are far too manyfeelingshappening inside of me to handle any more of this conversation. Scary kinds of things that I refuse to explore while he assesses me for weaknesses.
He rubs the back of his neck.
Is he…nervous?
No. There is no possible way.
Right?
I’m so mystified at the idea of Declan being self-conscious, I completely miss whatever he says. “What?”
“I called Yakura and told him we wouldn’t be able to send him the proposal until we came back from our trip.”
I nearly throw my back out from sitting up in my chair. “Why would you do that?”
“Because some things are more important.”
Don’t you dare ask.
My lips part.
