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I just never expected him to be holding the match again.
“Tell me, please.”
“You were always such a good girl when you wanted something from me.”
“No. Don’t do that. Not right now. No flirting. What are you scared of?”
He cocked his head to the side, arching an eyebrow. “You think I’m afraid?”
“You’re panicked and that’s far worse.”
He softly smiled. “You know me well.”
“I used to think I knew you best.”
“And now?”
“I don’t know.”
“How about you try?”
I hesitated for a minute, trying to gather my thoughts. “Sometimes it feels like I was the only one who really knew you. Others it feels as though I never did.”
“I see.”
“Do you?”
“You’re standing right in front of me, Cherry girl, and you still feel miles away.”
My eyes rimmed with fresh tears.
“Don’t cry.”
“I can’t help it. You’re freaking me out.”
“I wish there was another way.”
“For what?”
“To help you.”
“What are you talking about?” I stepped toward him, getting on my knees in front of him. “All you’ve done since the second you’ve been back in my life is help me, Adrian.” I held his hands. “Who knows where I’d be if it weren’t for you.”
“Wrong time to be thanking me, Paige.”
“Adrian…”
“I always knew I’d hurt you.”
I stopped breathing.
This was going to cause damage.
Severely.
“I couldn’t stop myself from being with you, but I always knew it’d end up badly between us. I’m a selfish fucking bastard. I take. It’s how I’m made.”
My lips parted as my lungs tried to breathe.
