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I hear a small smile in his voice. “Vermont.”
Nodding against his chest, I tell him, “That actually makes a lot of sense.”
He barks a short, startled laugh. “How so?”
I tap his thigh, over his jeans. “You were very ill-prepared for an island.”
His chest shakes with a quiet laugh. “Fair enough.”
Biting back a smile, I hide my face in his chest.
He blows out a long breath, and I hear a soft thud, like maybe he threw his head back against the wall. “God, what the hell just happened?”
I wince. “That was…” I shake my head, at a loss for words.
“I don’t know how we survived that,” he mutters.
Double wince.
“I’m sorry,” I whisper.
“You say that a lot.”
I shrug.
A hand comes up to my head, fingers forking through my hair. “Don’t beat yourself up over it, ‘kay? We survived. That’s all that matters.”
I sniff, nodding.
“Sky…”
There it is again. Sky.
He called me something else too, didn’t he?Sweetheart.
No, no, you definitely just imagined that.
“I’m not married.”
Everything in me stills.
He clears his throat, and if I’m not mistaken he’s suddenly very cagey. Nervous even.
Unsure why he’s bringing this up, all I can do is rub my fingers together and stare aimlessly ahead.
“You said wife before, and I just—well, I wanted you to know we’re divorced. I signed the papers before I came to Black Diamond, so it’s final.”
I blink a couple times. “Is it because you relapsed?”
He releases a low, unsteady laugh, and I cringe. “Sorry, that was nosy, wasn’t it?”
He grabs my shoulder, gently pushing me off his chest.
Ducking my head, I scoot back, crossing my legs together.
I feel the distance between us grow, and the rain seems much heavier outside the cave suddenly—louder. As if his proximity was somehow warding it off—muting it.
“Sorry, it’s just…I have a hard time talking about this,” he says barely loud enough to be heard over the rain and wind.
