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Her face morphs. Emotion flickers in ten thousand licks across the fine bones of her face. The moon conspires against me, giving her a grey shadow as clouds cover the light, making her eerie. Dangerous.
My heart seizes.
“You cannot fathom how hard it was to be drugged and -- ” Helpless.
I cannot say that fucking word.
“ -- and unable to stop them.”
“I can now. Now that I know the truth. They hurt you too, Drew.”
I jerk. What’s she implying? Does she know the full truth?
I stay silent. Don’t give away a thing. She’ll reveal what she knows, and I can make sure I don’t tip my hand.
“They drugged you. Made it so you couldn’t stop them. And that blood on you in the picture – they beat you up, didn’t they? I know.”
I hold my breath. What else does she know? Because yes, they beat me.
But they did worse, too.
“You told me,” she continues. “I believe you. I rewatched the video.”
“You what?”
She shrugs, her breast sliding down my rib, nipple peaking. “I had to. After you told me what happened, I went online and watched it.”
“You found the video online?”
She makes a huff of laughter, a sad sound. “I have my ways, as you know.”
“I thought we’d put a stop to that,” I say tightly.
She bats at my chest. “You can’t outsmart me.”
I snort. Her eyebrows go up. She kisses me.
As her lips brush mine, I find the passion is gone. In its place there is a sense of regret. Of peace. A kind of sad acceptance that the past has damaged us, but somehow we’ve found our way back to each other. We’re scarred and battered, bruised and broken, but we’re together again.
That is its own miracle.
Bzzzz.
I groan. “My phone.” I stand, searching again for my clothes, finding the damn device and checking.
Seven a.m. staff meeting in two hours. You want me to get a suit for you? Senator Bosworth plans to be there, Gentian texts me.
I should be worried.
I’m not.
Worst case, he fires my company from covering Lindsay.
Best case, he yells at me for punching Blaine.
There is no option for being praised.
“Who’s the text from?”
