n Grandma's old
sper, predictably, had shown up - carrying
n usual. "Is your grandmother already asl
d hit me all over again, sharp
to the velvet boxes sti
cou
et." He said. "We only have two weeks left before the wedding.
ter, but somehow can't b
r fro
ming. The project's at a critical sta
can single-handedly stall an entire project if she leaves. Compared to t
entence without t
ady being
closer, dropp
et her go. Whatever you think t
just to promise me you'll
andmother's place without a word - of course I as
and pulled me
, and beneath it, the mate bond gave an instincti
t tou
his arms tightened, pulling
. Let me hold yo
er. L
tually talked
king to the couch and sitting down
ht, watching me, impatienc
at your grandmother's just to punish me? I've alr
, I was obligated to believe it - whether or not the explanation actual
d out the jade bracelet, and t
locked onto
for this, didn'
moment, then stopped
es
he'd admitted it fas
's handling the gift for the project team, and
h
Every boundary she crossed came out sounding perfectly
lm around it. "If you want it, you're
ce dar
n two weeks, and you're still k
es
used to be
o take another wom
g room we
to change my mind. Unfortunately, seven years of letting t
d out his phone and
offee table, a deposit n
check it?" h
nd counted the n
ion only so
you cared about
ntion." I set the phone down. "Seven years to
ou
elet toward him. "You'll get to know me
reach
were about to close
clean crack. Fractures spread instantly,
d down at the
threatening to surf
n't hold o
ead slowly, his eye
that on
y. What would I gain from
h other before the wedding." His voice went cold. "Stay her
nd headed f
ai
his shoulders
r an argument reached this point and he started walking away, I'd p
round, his voice
t is
t." I pointed at the shattered jade on
in the
shed instantly, replaced by a
the rest of your life," he ground out. "You
h to the Moon G
went de
into the side of his face. He looked at me for a long momen
rn into this?" h
his voice, something like disappointment - as
ed him,
oser to peeling something out of your own bones, inch by inch, and every part of i
as, asking wh
ourself what you've bee
sharply. "Are we really going to keep fi
a finger
neighbors
cing the pheromones rolling
d settled back into
ll try to clear my schedule and
n't a
lence as surrender and
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