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I didn’t care about her pain I couldn’t care about it The fate of ht things would be different That she could return the love I had for her My selfishness created this ered on my skin and I wanted to scrub it off

“Leave, Mel, there’s nothing left for you to take now You’ve taken it all”

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The roar in ure out which as up He thought I wanted someone to take her away That I’d let it happen That I wanted Esuy from the park I tried to speak to him, but Derek stepped between us, his arlared at hiht ere friends I couldn’t even laugh at that one He’d shut me out

I walked out of his office, er with each step I slid ry breaths like I was clawingocean

I sat on the edge of o now? I had a lot of money in my account I could start over Build a new life forRhys and Esme I loved them I knew that now

I loved them more than I’d ever loved anyone and I didn’t want to leave, but there was no way to stay if he thought I’d done so so terrible

The fact he thought I’d be working with Killian to expose his secret lasses ofwe’d had together, after howso traitorous, so vile

Thenbastard wasn’t going to get aith it I wasn’t above showing him just what happened when someone fucked with my family

“Ma’ao in there” A stocky woht past her and pushed the solid wood door open and closed it right in her face, locking it behind ive a shit The ti nice was over The breakdown I’d had when I left the apart was ruined I told him I loved hi bigger than hi in the balance

“Mel, I certainly didn’t think I’d be seeing you so soon,” he said, his hand behind his head as he leaned back in his chair, like he didn’t have a care in the world

“What did you do?” I said through clenched teeth My hands fisted atht on the balcony

“I did what I needed to do to get back asforward

“What was yours?” I said, edto do with you That I orking for you”