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“Ugh, why am I letting you hug me?”
“Because I think you might love me too,” I say, but even I can hear the heavy hope in my voice.
I’ve never been so unsure.
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CONNOR
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Mia showers while Imake us breakfast. It gives me time to consider what I will tell her. By the time she walks downstairs, I’ve changed my mind about five times.
“Not going to lie. The need to run out that door is overwhelming.” She sits on one of the kitchen stools. “But you saved my father’s life, and I know he wouldn’t have let you take me home if he didn’t trust you a little.”
Honestly, no one could’ve stopped me.
I had enough of my own weapons and men around me, including Mack, if it came to that. Which it didn’t because I was still in control of what was happening.
However, if it makes Mia feel safe right now, then I’ll take it. So, I nod.
“Why do you have all those photos of my family on your wall? The truth,” she asks as I slide pancakes in front of her.
I lean against the kitchen bench, facing her, and sip my coffee. I’m about to tell the fifth person in my life my story, and this time, it feels even more important.
I never thought I’d fall in love.
Caring for my Dark Kings is different. I know they can protect themselves. The likelihood of them dying on me is slim, despite the risks they are taking each and every day.
Mia is vulnerable.
Which means I’m now vulnerable.
“Because I think they may have murdered my family,” I tell her. “Correction, slaughtered.”
