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Instead of texting me, Seth appeared at my hotel roo e as Eli and had a sih he was a bit taller and had a head of thick blond hair and bright green eyes I hadn’t gotten to know hiether with Ronan, but my initial i man, but also so Seth I would ridefrom my hand, said that my plan wasn’t acceptable and proceeded to walk to the elevator When I’d joined hientle squeeze before letting o

We hadn’t spoken on the ride to the private airport other than Seth giving eneral information about the trip and that a car would meet me at the airport in Newark and drive me to the ME’s office By the tiar where the jet was parked, I was a ju about – no, just one episode kept playing on a loop inthat had happened between ly words

Because you’re a good fuck

I climbed out of the car and went around the front to collecthis arms around me I knew the act was meant to offer comfort, but all it did was make my skin crawl

“Take care of yourself, Mav”

I withdrew from Seth as quickly as I could and murmured, “I will”

“We’ll see you when you get back”

I nodded and stepped past hi at the bottom of the stairs He shook my hand and introduced himself and told me to makesoht checks on the outside of the plane

My insides began to knot up as I stepped into the plane as I realized this was really it – that this ti around

It’s the way it should be, a little voice inside of me whispered

And then everything just stopped because the first thing I sahen I stepped into the spacious cabin wasn’t the huge white leather seats or luxurious décor

No

The first thing I saas the reason I was fleeing Seattle for good