I was trying to protext you."
He lifted his eyes, and they pierced through me. "You wanted to keep me safe?"
"Yes". I swallowed past the lump in my throat. "Not that it turned out that way in the end, but when I found out Blake and Vaughn were related, all I could think was that he played me – I let myself be played. And he knew how close we were. They'd do to you what they did to Dawson. There is no way I could have lived with that."
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"You should've never been worried about me getting hurt." He stood, running both hands through his hair. "You know I can take care of myself. You know I can handle my own."
"I know," I said. "But I wasn't going to knowingly put you at risk. You mean too much to me.
He lifted his eyes, and they pierced through me. "You wanted to keep me safe?"
"Yes". I swallowed past the lump in my throat. "Not that it turned out that way in the end, but when I found out Blake and Vaughn were related, all I could think was that he played me – I let myself be played. And he knew how close we were. They'd do to you what they did to Dawson. There is no way I could have lived with that."
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"You should've never been worried about me getting hurt." He stood, running both hands through his hair. "You know I can take care of myself. You know I can handle my own."
"I know," I said. "But I wasn't going to knowingly put you at risk. You mean too much to me.
( Jennifer L. Armentrout )
[ Onyx ]
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